Stag beetle  (Lucanus cervus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Lucanidae
Genus Lucanus
Size Male body length: 25-75 mm
Female body length: 30-45 mm
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Status

Listed under Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive and Appendix III of the Bern Convention. Protected in the UK under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended.