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Lucanidae Collection

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Cladognathus sp. stag beetle

Cladognathus sp. stag beetle
A specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Rare south west Indian Stag Beetle - Odontolabis delesserti

Rare south west Indian Stag Beetle - Odontolabis delesserti (male). Date: circa 1920s

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Stag beetles

Stag beetles
Male and female stag beetles with pupa. Date: 1865

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetle

Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetle
Detail of a stag beetle (Prosopocoilus confucius) native to N. India, China and southeast towards Vietnam

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, stag beetle

Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, stag beetle
Classis I Tab V from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61, Volume 2 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans

Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans
A sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Lucans (Odontolabis) gazella, Oriental stag beetle

Lucans (Odontolabis) gazella, Oriental stag beetle
Fig 5 of plate 26 from The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by J. O. Westwood

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Darwins beetles

Darwins beetles
Display box of beetles collected by Charles Darwin with a map of the voyage of his ship, The Beagle

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Lucanus cervus, stag beetle

Lucanus cervus, stag beetle
Also, Macrodontia cervicorn, palm weevil beetle & grub, Rhynchophorus palmarum and other unrelated insects. Plate 48 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian, 1705

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Lucans cervus, stag beetles

Lucans cervus, stag beetles
A stag beetle collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Both males and females are on display, males have horns or antlers, females do not

Background imageLucanidae Collection: Lucanus cervus L. male stag beetle

Lucanus cervus L. male stag beetle
A close-up of the head of a male stag beetle. It is only the male stag beetles which have antlers. The stag beetle is the U.Ks largest beetle


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