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stag beetle - Platycerus quercus - female
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

stag beetle - Platycerus quercus - Female
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 18, 2006
Size: about 12 mm
This appears to be a female Platycerus virescens. This is the second member of this species I've found. The first was a male that was dark with a faint greenish tint. I'm guessing there's a color difference between sexes, borne out by the images on bugguide.

This one was under bark on a deciduous log about 10" in diameter.

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stag beetle - Platycerus quercus - female stag beetle - Platycerus quercus - female
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 May, 2006 - 9:57pm

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