european+stag+beetle

 media type="youtube" key="rFTsc0VbCtU&hl=en" height="355" width="425" //__**animals common name**__//:European stag beetle


 * //__Animals scientific name__//**: Lucanvs cervus


 * //__habitat__//**:broad leaved woodlands, especially oak, but also parks and gardens where there are stumps and logs


 * //__range__//:** southern and central Europe, Asia minor and Syria


 * //__physical characteristics__//**: the European stag beetle has dark violet brown elytra with reddish brown pinchers their larva are a creamy white it is about four inches long


 * //__diet__//**:larva eat rotting wood and roots and the adults eat tree sap and if not tree sap then they eat nothing at all


 * //__behavior and adaptations:__//** Males use their jaw against other males in battle over females

females lay their eggs in rotten logs
 * //__Reproduction__//**: the life spand for a European stag beetle larva is 3-5 yrs the adults usually live from may to august


 * //__Relationship to people__//**: this species once was considered evil and it was bad luck for anyone who saw it


 * //__status__//**: this species is not listed as a indangered or threatened

Sources; 1.Insects gareth stevens publishing jen green 1998 2.animals.jrank.org 3.ypte.org