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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) » Lucaninae » Lucanini » Lucanus » Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus)
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MCR Oxford MS - Lucanus elaphus - male
Copyright © 2014 Will Ryan

MCR Oxford MS - Lucanus elaphus - Male
Oxford, Mississippi, USA
July 7, 2014
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Contributed by Will Ryan on 7 July, 2014 - 7:46pm
Last updated 8 July, 2014 - 10:49am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 8 July, 2014 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

looks like an elephant stag beetle to me
… metrioptera, 7 July, 2014 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Appreciate your help....
… Will Ryan, 8 July, 2014 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
It is lucanus elephus.
… Hisserdude, 7 July, 2014 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Bug ID
Thank you, appreciate your help.
… Will Ryan, 15 July, 2014 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
And a...
...beautiful adult male at that! These guys aren't as common as they used to be, or so I've heard.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 7 July, 2014 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

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