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Stag Beetle on an Apple Tree
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 1:11 pm
by Algida
Hi,
Have you ever seen a stag beetle?
My Cox's got a guest.
It seems that I'm not the only one liking apples. It's a bit early though. I'll tell him to come back in September.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 1:48 pm
by Lindsaylew82
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 1:50 pm
by JONA
Aren't they just great Algida.
Getting very rare now.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 1:57 pm
by Algida
He's so....weird.
If ignoring the size and looking at the head, he looks like a stag hiding in a tree
And those antennas... he's communicating with Alpha Centauri
Men in Black needed.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:53 pm
by applestar
I'm seeing what you are seeing and agree with you 100% bring the Big Gun not the tiny little one
Thanks for sharing this photo.
JONA -- long time ago and far far away, I collected these and rhino beetles too for summer project. Sad to hear that they are declining and regretting the careless way they were treated.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 1:37 am
by j3707
Wow! I would like to see one in real life someday.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 2:26 am
by JONA
We leave old tree trunks piled up in a copse on the farm to try to encourage Stags.
This spring I've seen the odd female ...but no males yet.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 9:09 am
by rainbowgardener
I think they are very cool and I would never kill one, but I don't know that I could bring myself to get close enough to figure out whether it was a boy or a girl!
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 9:54 am
by JONA
It's easy RG,
the girls have no antlers!
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:05 am
by Algida
If you were wondering how he's doing: still in the tree.
I think I woke him up.
Well... celebrity demands sacrifice.
Re: Apple fan
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:48 am
by HoneyBerry
Some great pictures! I was expecting something less spectacular based on the title. This is such an amazing creature. I had never seen a beetle like that before so I looked it up. Apparently the antlers are a male characteristic and the size of the antlers vary from one beetle to the next.
Most people are creeped out by spiders and things, but not me. I adore them. Thank you for this.