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Weiblicher Hirschkäfer

Weiblicher Hirschkäfer
Vielen Dank an "sunlight" für die Identifizierung dieses Käfers.
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micritter, Doerthe, Andy Rodker, Annemarie and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
It's a good close up Ronald, I wonder if this beetle bought about the trees demise or acts like a vulture and feasts on the remains.
5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to HappySnapper
Thanks, Maurice. I have decided I don't know what species this is. I suspect it eats something in rotten logs. There are other, much smaller, beetles here that live under the bark of pine trees and kill them. I can hear something chewing inside pine trees on quiet summer days.
5 years ago.
 Danielle
Danielle
C'est une fantastique capture !
5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Danielle
Merci beaucoup, Danielle.
5 years ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
Un coléoptère de belle taille... la taille me fait penser à un Capricorne qui vit aussi dans le bois de chêne.
Bonne journée Ronald.
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Jocelyne Villoing club
Thank you for that information, Jocelyne. I hope you are doing well. Best wishes.
5 years ago.
 sunlight
sunlight club
Ein weiblicher Hirschkäfer; einen Hirschkäfer zu finden war in der Kindheit etwas ganz Besonderes. Ich mochte sie sehr, vor allem die mit Geweih.
5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to sunlight club
Vielen Dank für die Identifizierung dieses Käfers Ingrid. Ich stelle mir ein kleines Mädchen vor, das ungewöhnliche Kleinigkeiten im Wald sucht.
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
sunlight club has replied to Ronald Losure club
:-)) mit ein paar Brüdern und einem Schäferhund, welcher meistens mit dabei war, war das immer eine spannende Sache.
5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to sunlight club
;-)
5 years ago.
 Doerthe
Doerthe club
"Slimguy" zeigt ein Lucanus cervus Weibchen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschk%C3%A4fer
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Doerthe
Doerthe club
I found your beetle in Simon & Schuster Guide to Insects. It is an Odontotaenius disjunctus, or Peg beetle. The 'short bent horn' is clearly visible and gives away who/what it is. This is the only species in the US, although there are many related Peg beetles in the tropics.

Great find, Ron!
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Doerthe club
Belated thanks for that info, Dörthe. I just had a conversation with "meadowmom" who says there are people in lumber mills whose job is to listen for these things.
5 years ago.

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