Written by Distribution:
USA
Breeding hints:
Breeding is supposedly quite easy. Eggs are laid next to rotten wood pieces in soil and other fine material, e.g. fermented sawdust. Larvae can be reared on white rotten wood or fermented mat.
Interesting Links:
Please suggest links that offer more information about this species
Specimen Pictures:
Lucanus capreolus male
Lucanus capreolus males © B.Harink
Lucanus capreolus female © B.Harink
Alive Pictures:
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Dear Mr Ben Harink:
I am from Malaysia. I have completed a typescript on stag beetles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo which will be published in a limited edition by a small academic press belonging to the University of Sciences, Malaysia (USM) in Penang, Malaysia. I am financing the research and the preparation of my typescript including its layout wholly by myself.
I write to request your permission to use photographs of the male and female of the above stag beetle, Aegus (Gnaphaegus) capreolus, you have successfully bred in my book-to-be. Your kind permission to use photographs of both sexes of this species will be duly acknowledged.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Regards,
Adib Vincent Tung
Hi,
you can of course use my images, but this one is a Lucanus species from US. What species are you missing? I can go back to my collection and take more pictures if needed.
Cheers
Ben