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Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

50,098 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 Alaska.January 1,281, February 946, March 1,482, April 2,332, May 3,362, June 3,666, July 3,923, August 3,374, September 2,477, October 1,849, November 1,010, December 790.
United States26,494
Alaska26,493
Germany5,732
France3,959
United Kingdom3,531
England3,467
Austria2,832
Italy1,685
Ukraine1,678
Portugal1,267

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
GenusStag Beetles · Dorcus

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