What is this beetle?

[Aztek]

I see it all the time in anything that has to do with bugs, and I know the males have long horns.

 

[LeilaNami]

It's a type of ground beetle. The scientific name eludes me.

 

[wolfboyzeus]

Reddish Brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

 

[beetleman]

:clap: oh yeah,and an awesome stag for sure.

 

[Staley]

Cant that pinch you?

 

[spydrhunter1]

It's a type of ground beetle. The scientific name eludes me.

Not a ground beetle, this belongs to the family Lucanidae.

 

[weyman93]

Reddish Brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

i agree i just found one today and yes they can pinch and they hurt trust me i have experience

 

[JLDomestics]

Not a ground beetle, this belongs to the family Lucanidae.

Good info! I would have assumed it was in the family Carabidae.

 

[SnakeManJohn]

I caught one a few days ago, I love holding the little bugger, just because of how it's sharp toes feel

 

[Black Widow88]

Cant that pinch you?

Nope....Well at least Elephant Stag beetles ( males ) can't because their jaws are so wide and they're weak and they only serve one purpose: to fight off rival males to get to mate with the female. They also fight over territory too.

It's the females you want to watch out for because obviously they don't need big mandibles to fight with other females. Their existence is only to get banged by the males. And the females have waaaaay smaller mandibles so they can pinch you.

Black Widow88

 

[Aztek]

I keep on finding them, don't know if it's the same one over and over.

They get stuck to you pretty well though >.<

 

[Black Widow88]

I keep on finding them, don't know if it's the same one over and over.

They get stuck to you pretty well though >.<

Yeah they do because of their claws on their legs. Alot of Scarab beetles have the same thing. Some ground beetles that I found have them too.

Black Widow88

 

[LeilaNami]

I have been corrected then! Good call

 

[Black Widow88]

Thank you!

Black Widow88

 

[Dorcus]

Reddish Brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

Hey, woflboyzeus, forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Reddish Brown Stag Beetle under the genus Pseudolucanus?, so it'd be Pseudolucanus capreolus

EDIT: I just googled it, and I'm pretty sure it is under genus Pseudolucanus. Unless of course, there have been any recent taxonomy changes.

~Kelvin

 

[Aztek]

I found another one that bends it's body then re-straightens out at a fast speed making it "jump"

I got a video.

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/?action=view&current=Shit001.flv

 

[beetleman]

looks like a click beetle.

 

[Aztek]

I just moved to the suburbs and I am finding all these creatures, sorry if I ask for well known creatures.

 

[Black Widow88]

Yes there have been taxonomic changes.

Black Widow88

 

[Black Widow88]

looks like a click beetle.

Yeah that's a click beetle of some sort! Fascinating beetles don't ya think?

Black Widow88