Big stag beetle

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A large stag beetle we found at Prague Castle in May 2007.

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Anya Jingle

Dressed for battle!

Voted 10/10

A scary looking warrior!

Posted Sep 30, 2008 1:43 am


	BCJ	Re: Dressed for battle!
	Hasn't voted	They sure do put on a show but are quite harmless as the pincers aren't functional. Nothing like hearing a loud buzzing in the dark and having one of those things run into you (that happened to my wife).
		Posted Oct 1, 2008 3:16 am

lcarreau

Dressed for success!

Voted 10/10

I can only hope that a gargoyle doesn't
descend from the sky and eat this guy !!!!

Hey, somebody HAS to ask the tough questions:

Is this species of beetle edible ??????

Larry

Posted Oct 3, 2008 10:25 pm


	BCJ	Re: Dressed for success!
	Hasn't voted	It was funny, he was walking right out next to the castle and a group of tourists gathered around when they saw my son holding him...a few of the people could not be convinced that he was real, even after he walked around on his own. I'd imagine that they're edible, but I'll wait to see what someone else thinks of the taste before I try them :) They live for something like seven years underground as a big, fat grub (probably better eating then) and then emerge as a big beetle and mate and then die. I've read that some entomologists think that they never actually eat once they reach the beetle stage...the pincer/antlers are for duals with other males and aren't capable of delivering a pinch.
		Posted Oct 4, 2008 1:02 am