Stag Beetle
Lucanus servus. This photo was not taken by me, but I found it in my collection of old nature slides. I’m sure I was given this slide by the late Percy Gravett who was a keen entomologist who live in Hull. He was an old man in mid-1970’s when I met him, and I was only about 14 years old. He taught me (or at least tried to) about entomology and took me on natural history days out around east and north-east Yorkshire. Unfortunately, I’ve no idea where Percy took this photograph. The species is largely confined to southern England so perhaps he was on an entomological holiday down south.
This is the largest beetle in Britain and Europe. Only the males have the enlarged mandibles which they fight with as they compete for mating rights.
Stag Beetle
Lucanus servus. This photo was not taken by me, but I found it in my collection of old nature slides. I’m sure I was given this slide by the late Percy Gravett who was a keen entomologist who live in Hull. He was an old man in mid-1970’s when I met him, and I was only about 14 years old. He taught me (or at least tried to) about entomology and took me on natural history days out around east and north-east Yorkshire. Unfortunately, I’ve no idea where Percy took this photograph. The species is largely confined to southern England so perhaps he was on an entomological holiday down south.
This is the largest beetle in Britain and Europe. Only the males have the enlarged mandibles which they fight with as they compete for mating rights.