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Lucanus cervus
Almost 2" long, deep purple, shiny. Mean looking pinchers.
Woods and groves, per Wikipedia. This one was in a small town right in the Luberon national park.
Walked up a few steps to an ATM in a small village in Provence, France this summer. Was holding the handrail and jumped a couple feet as I basically grazed this guy. He sat tight and waited patiently for me to take his picture.
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