Head and Mandible variations  in Lucanus cervus cervus

(Pictures taken in the Natural Museum of History in Aschaffenburg)

The following pics contain the variations in the mandibles and Head size of different Lucanus cervus cervus specimen, the biggest being about 80 mm the smalles about 50 mm.

Lucanus cervus cervus (Germany)  Head 1

 Head 2

 Head 3

 Head 4

 Head 5

 Head 6

 Head 7

 Head 8

 Head 9

Lucanus cervus cervus (around Frankfurt Main, fragments of heads, eaten by birds, July 2006)  Head 1

 Head 2

 Head 3

 Head 4

 Head 5

 Head 6

 Head 7

 Head 8

 Head 9

 Head 10 Female

 Head 11 Female

Benjamin Harink   

 

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