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Reddish-brown Stag Beetle

Lucanus capreolus

22,556 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 61, February 66, March 89, April 172, May 404, June 151, July 888, August 89, September 87, October 71, November 51, December 48.
United States17,537
Ohio2,203
Massachusetts1,999
Pennsylvania1,827
Illinois1,690
Canada1,637
Ontario1,637
Michigan1,197
New York1,182
Tennessee1,048

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyStag Beetles · Lucanidae
GenusLucanus

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