July 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
July is a crucial month for #stagbeetles, it's when females lay their eggs. Help these magnificent yet threatened insects in your garden simply by burying a few logs vertically in your garden. 🌳🐛 Use our how-to guide👇
🔗 stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
📸Alistair Brodie, Callum Clayton
🔗 stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
📸Alistair Brodie, Callum Clayton
July 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
July is a crucial month for #stagbeetles, it's when females lay their eggs. Help these magnificent yet threatened insects in your garden simply by burying a few logs vertically in your garden. 🌳🐛 Use our how-to guide👇
🔗 stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
📸Alistair Brodie, Callum Clayton
🔗 stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
📸Alistair Brodie, Callum Clayton
Retaining deadwood for #stagbeetles can be as simple as not tidying up fallen trees or keeping a stump in place after a tree has been felled. Or you can build your own log pile from logs and twigs. 👇
🔗stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
#GreatStagHunt
🔗stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
#GreatStagHunt
July 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Retaining deadwood for #stagbeetles can be as simple as not tidying up fallen trees or keeping a stump in place after a tree has been felled. Or you can build your own log pile from logs and twigs. 👇
🔗stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
#GreatStagHunt
🔗stagbeetles.ptes.org/how-to-build-a-log-pile
#GreatStagHunt
My son sent me this video of one of the #StagBeetles he gets in his garden 🪲 #Insects #Nature #Beetles amazing creatures. I believe he's looking for a mate 😃.
June 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
My son sent me this video of one of the #StagBeetles he gets in his garden 🪲 #Insects #Nature #Beetles amazing creatures. I believe he's looking for a mate 😃.
This is a nice little piece and reflects some of my concerns Re Brockwell Park. And it asks some important questions. #stagbeetles The park was once part or located on the edge of the great north wood. It was once completely wild. www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/05/the-...
The Living Museum and the Brockwell Park debate
I’ve been reflecting on the debate around Brockwell Park. Perhaps because I’ve spent my entire life in this community and have seen it from a number of different angles: through music, …
www.brixtonbuzz.com
June 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
This is a nice little piece and reflects some of my concerns Re Brockwell Park. And it asks some important questions. #stagbeetles The park was once part or located on the edge of the great north wood. It was once completely wild. www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/05/the-...
#NewSpecies
New stag beetle from #china just came in:
Prismognathus zhihongi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03ABD470-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PrismognathusZhihongi
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #stagbeetles
New stag beetle from #china just came in:
Prismognathus zhihongi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03ABD470-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PrismognathusZhihongi
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #stagbeetles
March 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
#NewSpecies
New stag beetle from #china just came in:
Prismognathus zhihongi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03ABD470-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PrismognathusZhihongi
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #stagbeetles
New stag beetle from #china just came in:
Prismognathus zhihongi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03ABD470-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PrismognathusZhihongi
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #stagbeetles
March 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
I no longer work professionally in that workshop, I However, I still enjoy tinkering with things, my cardboard Stagbeetles, for example :)
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I no longer work professionally in that workshop, I However, I still enjoy tinkering with things, my cardboard Stagbeetles, for example :)
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Multifaceted #Biodiversity Patterns and Influencing Factors of Lucanus Stag Beetles ( #Coleoptera, #Lucanidae) in China doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles
September 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Multifaceted #Biodiversity Patterns and Influencing Factors of Lucanus Stag Beetles ( #Coleoptera, #Lucanidae) in China doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles
#LiteratureNotice Yamamoto & Pham. A #NewSpecies of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay, 1819 ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae) from Northern Vietnam doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
#LiteratureNotice Yamamoto & Pham. A #NewSpecies of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay, 1819 ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae) from Northern Vietnam doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles
It was 8 years ago today when my daughter's teacher asked every pupil to write down one worry and one hope for the year ahead. My daughter wrote her worry that stag beetles might become extinct. And her hope was that #StagBeetles would survive. ❤️😄 Photo: flowers picked for me by my kids yesterday.
September 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It was 8 years ago today when my daughter's teacher asked every pupil to write down one worry and one hope for the year ahead. My daughter wrote her worry that stag beetles might become extinct. And her hope was that #StagBeetles would survive. ❤️😄 Photo: flowers picked for me by my kids yesterday.
The male in the photo is what is known as a 'minor male'. In large beetles males can emerge from their pupae significantly smaller or larger than average. This is influenced by the quantity and quality of food they had as larvae.
#stagbeetle #stagbeetles #stagbeetlelove #Beetles #beetle #lucanidae
#stagbeetle #stagbeetles #stagbeetlelove #Beetles #beetle #lucanidae
July 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The male in the photo is what is known as a 'minor male'. In large beetles males can emerge from their pupae significantly smaller or larger than average. This is influenced by the quantity and quality of food they had as larvae.
#stagbeetle #stagbeetles #stagbeetlelove #Beetles #beetle #lucanidae
#stagbeetle #stagbeetles #stagbeetlelove #Beetles #beetle #lucanidae
Spectacular #stagbeetles are in decline in the UK but we're on a mission to bring them back from the brink!
Like many animals, stag beetles suffer from habitat loss. Home to them is a not-so-glamorous (to us!) but utterly enticing pile of dead wood 😍
Like many animals, stag beetles suffer from habitat loss. Home to them is a not-so-glamorous (to us!) but utterly enticing pile of dead wood 😍
July 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Spectacular #stagbeetles are in decline in the UK but we're on a mission to bring them back from the brink!
Like many animals, stag beetles suffer from habitat loss. Home to them is a not-so-glamorous (to us!) but utterly enticing pile of dead wood 😍
Like many animals, stag beetles suffer from habitat loss. Home to them is a not-so-glamorous (to us!) but utterly enticing pile of dead wood 😍
#LiteratureNotice Qi et al. Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, a new stag beetle from Gansu, China ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae: Lucaninae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles #NewSpecies
July 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
#LiteratureNotice Qi et al. Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, a new stag beetle from Gansu, China ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae: Lucaninae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles #NewSpecies
Help us keep an eye on stag beetles! 🪲👀
#Stagbeetles are in decline but with your help, we can keep an eye on them and build a national picture of their numbers.
Take part in the #GreatStagHunt👇
🔗ptes.org/gsh
#Stagbeetles are in decline but with your help, we can keep an eye on them and build a national picture of their numbers.
Take part in the #GreatStagHunt👇
🔗ptes.org/gsh
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Help us keep an eye on stag beetles! 🪲👀
#Stagbeetles are in decline but with your help, we can keep an eye on them and build a national picture of their numbers.
Take part in the #GreatStagHunt👇
🔗ptes.org/gsh
#Stagbeetles are in decline but with your help, we can keep an eye on them and build a national picture of their numbers.
Take part in the #GreatStagHunt👇
🔗ptes.org/gsh
More 2025 #stagbeetles! Sadly, both deceased. # 8 is a male Lesser stag found at a roadside in Charmouth, Dorset. # 9 is a female Lucanus, head and thorax only, found on a Southampton pavement. #beetles #ukwildlife
June 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
More 2025 #stagbeetles! Sadly, both deceased. # 8 is a male Lesser stag found at a roadside in Charmouth, Dorset. # 9 is a female Lucanus, head and thorax only, found on a Southampton pavement. #beetles #ukwildlife
Female Stag Beetle spotted on the Itchen Navigation Trail, might be a good year for them :) #stagbeetles #endangeredspecies
June 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Female Stag Beetle spotted on the Itchen Navigation Trail, might be a good year for them :) #stagbeetles #endangeredspecies
#Stagbeetle # 6 and #Stagbeetle # 7 for 2025! Two male Lucanus discovered locked in combat on the pavement. But again in a place where they'd get trodden on. So I had to pick them and relocate them in a safe place.
June 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#Stagbeetle # 6 and #Stagbeetle # 7 for 2025! Two male Lucanus discovered locked in combat on the pavement. But again in a place where they'd get trodden on. So I had to pick them and relocate them in a safe place.
Trolleybuses are massively underrated. You can put the infrastructure in fast without tearing up the road, they aren't a bike hazard, and they look like mecha stagbeetles. Great things.
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Trolleybuses are massively underrated. You can put the infrastructure in fast without tearing up the road, they aren't a bike hazard, and they look like mecha stagbeetles. Great things.
Stag beetle # 4 for 2025! Again, a Lesser stag (this is a female), this one in a street where I've seen a Lesser stag before (albeit a dead one). #UKwildlife #beetles #Stagbeetles
May 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Stag beetle # 4 for 2025! Again, a Lesser stag (this is a female), this one in a street where I've seen a Lesser stag before (albeit a dead one). #UKwildlife #beetles #Stagbeetles
#Stagbeetles are starting to emerge! Have you spotted one of these impressive beetles flying on a warm evening recently? If so, please let us know via the #GreatStagHunt!
👉 ptes.org/gsh
📸Jenny Pattison
👉 ptes.org/gsh
📸Jenny Pattison
May 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#Stagbeetles are starting to emerge! Have you spotted one of these impressive beetles flying on a warm evening recently? If so, please let us know via the #GreatStagHunt!
👉 ptes.org/gsh
📸Jenny Pattison
👉 ptes.org/gsh
📸Jenny Pattison
We just published a paper showing that large male of the Helm's stag beetle were more likely to win in contests. You can read all about it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#entomology, #stagbeetles, #coleoptera, #animalbehaviour
#entomology, #stagbeetles, #coleoptera, #animalbehaviour
May 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We just published a paper showing that large male of the Helm's stag beetle were more likely to win in contests. You can read all about it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#entomology, #stagbeetles, #coleoptera, #animalbehaviour
#entomology, #stagbeetles, #coleoptera, #animalbehaviour
#ThickTrunkTuesday this tree is home to #stagbeetles as well.
April 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#ThickTrunkTuesday this tree is home to #stagbeetles as well.
#LiteratureNotice Xin et al. A taxonomic note on Chinese species of the Neolucanus fuscus group with the description of a #NewSpecies ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae: Lucaninae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles
April 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
#LiteratureNotice Xin et al. A taxonomic note on Chinese species of the Neolucanus fuscus group with the description of a #NewSpecies ( #Coleoptera: #Lucanidae: Lucaninae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #StagBeetles