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Elk Stag Beetle

Lucanus elaphus

3,999 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 North Carolina.January 68, February 82, March 76, April 121, May 122, June 424, July 186, August 56, September 72, October 71, November 55, December 63.
United States2,864
North Carolina1,256
Georgia314
Kentucky293
South Carolina286
Tennessee230
Virginia166
Alabama146
Missouri136
Illinois115

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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