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Rădașcă (romanian)

Lucanus cervus

Description:

Lucanus cervus is the best-known species of stag beetle in the West (family Lucanidae), and is sometimes referred to simply as the stag beetle. In the UK it is associated with urban gardens, but is more commonly found in forests in the rest of Europe. Forest management, in eliminating old trees and dead wood, eliminates at the same time the habitat and food of this species. Once quite common, the population of the Lucanus cervus, along with that of other species of beetles which feed on dead wood, is in decline, and is now listed as a globally threatened/declining species. (source: Wikipedia)

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1 Comment

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Moved your beetle from "other" to the category Arthropods. :-)

sanduciprian81
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sanduciprian81

București, Romania

Spotted on Aug 14, 2014
Submitted on Aug 14, 2014

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