Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Pseudolucanus capreolus)

Order: Coleoptera (ko-lee-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Lucanidae Genus: Pseudolucanus Species: capreolus (kap-ree-OH-lus) (Info) Profile: 2 positives 3 neutrals No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Bartonville, Illinois Chester, Illinois Dalton City, Illinois Jerome, Illinois Mattoon, Illinois Shannon, Illinois Benton, Kentucky Ewing, Kentucky Arlington, Massachusetts Billerica, Massachusetts East Falmouth, Massachusetts Malden, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Detroit, Michigan Dunellen, New Jersey West Babylon, New York Allentown, Pennsylvania Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania Lancaster, Pennsylvania West Bend, Wisconsin Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive melody On Jul 30, 2006, melody from Benton, KY (Zone 7a) wrote: Although the adults don't eat much, the nymph's food does include aphids, so this is a plus in my book. Found throughout the eastern US and Canada, the sexes are easily identified by the male's larger head and jaws. Adults fly at night and are attracted to artificial lights, they hide by day in moist soil and wet rotting logs. Positive twopuppies On May 12, 2008, twopuppies from Chester, IL wrote: I have not been able to raise this one from egg to adulthood though others have done so. The females are harder to find and the males do not run and hide in daylight as most beetles do after flying about at night Neutral unti87 On Jul 16, 2008, unti87 from Cary, IL wrote: This guy landed on me near a corn field on 7-12-08. There were no trees near by but it was a windy day. Neutral Theminkman On Jul 14, 2009, Theminkman from Peoria, IL wrote: At about 10:30 PM I heard a loud noise outside my window. It sounded like a huge bug flapping its wings against the window. Me, while thinking it was a June Bug, opened the blinds to find a huge, brown beetle with large pincers. It was around 3 or 3 1/2 inches long. I identified it as either the Reddish-Brown Stag Beetle or the Giant Stag Beetle, as the Giant Stag Beetle is listed to be "2 to 3 inches long", and the beetle was definately at least three inches long. Neutral coffee_mama On Jun 27, 2012, coffee_mama from Dalton City, IL wrote: Just found one of these on our front porch about an hour after dark. This is the first time we've seen one, it was about 2 inches long.

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