This is a short post about a seriously underrated and overlooked stag beetle species: Prosopocoilus suturalis. Prosopocoilus suturalis is a relatively small species, males measure up to 5 cm, They have a nice sulphur-yellow coloration, which fades into more brownish when dead. This makes specimen look rather dull, and different from what they look like […]
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Rhaetulus crenatus recticornis – from…. Japan!
Long time back, when I was still studying, I somehow had the goal to have a specimen collection of all Taiwanese and Japanese Lucanidae. I got quite far, what is still missing are small species like the different Aegus subspecies of Japan, and some Platycerus, and Rhaetulus crenatus recticornis. It used to annoy me to […]
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