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Post by Bugman on Jul 12, 2016 9:21:19 GMT -8
Here I will present you some interesting findings of the Lucanus cervus season 2016 (Germany):
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Post by johnnyboy on Jul 12, 2016 23:28:25 GMT -8
Chris,
Here in S and SE London we get lots of stag beetles, season now ernded for this year. A male L. cervus flew into our Croydon office, on the 6th floor, a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't in the office at the time but my colleagues took a photo and showed me it (around 60mm male)
Strangely, around my home, I have only found female L. cervus over the last 5 years, and the only m,ale I'v seen over that time was just a head, the body eaten by something.
Look forward to hearing how things are going in Germany.
Johnny
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Post by Bugman on Jul 14, 2016 9:58:50 GMT -8
The season is also ending here, most of the videos were recorded some weeks ago  |
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Post by monasteria on Jul 14, 2016 14:11:19 GMT -8
As always I enjoy watching your Videos, thanks for posting.
I would like to annotate, that in my humble opinion the term "freak" instead of "aberration" is a little unscholarly in an entomological context.
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Post by Bugman on Jul 16, 2016 9:15:59 GMT -8
Yeah "Freak" is not scientific but I wouldn't call it an aberrant because most probably it was caused by a problem during moulting to pupa.
Do you all understand german?
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Post by Bugman on Jul 18, 2016 8:01:32 GMT -8
The size variation in Lucanus cervus males
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Post by Bugman on Jul 21, 2016 4:00:57 GMT -8
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Post by Bugman on Jul 22, 2016 14:16:15 GMT -8
At first I thought about a gynandromorph but probably this deformation was caused by problems with molting.
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Post by Bugman on Jul 24, 2016 8:16:48 GMT -8
Collecting data from specimens:
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Post by Bugman on Jul 28, 2016 8:50:40 GMT -8
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Post by Bugman on Jul 31, 2016 3:22:17 GMT -8
A male Lucanus cervus was heavily injured by another male:
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Post by Bugman on Aug 1, 2016 8:15:54 GMT -8
3 males feeding on tree sap!
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Post by Bugman on Aug 3, 2016 8:27:59 GMT -8
Another astonishing find
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Post by Bugman on Aug 6, 2016 0:58:14 GMT -8
Re-Find of a male. NOTE: This video was recorded around a month ago.
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Post by Bugman on Aug 8, 2016 5:12:41 GMT -8
I found at least 50 corpses found under a single tree:
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