European stag beetle
Lucanus cervus
Local namesboynuzlu böcekmaşalı böcekgeyik boynuzlu böcek
Key identifying features
Male has huge reddish antler-like branched mandibles
Elbowed antennae ending in a comb of flat plates
Black head and thorax, chestnut-brown elytra
Insect
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Length
- 25–90 mm
Active months
- May
- June
- July
- August
Similar species
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