feeding stag beetle

This beetle was found on the 10th of June in Minden NRW Germany. It is feeding on a plum which I bought in ALDI a few days before

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Pets & Animals

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• beetle
• bug
• insect
• stag

[LeaderFuzzy57]

where do you find this!? in your back yard? are you in amarica?

[Natureisgreat]

@LeaderFuzzy57

Hi, I live in Germany (near by Hannover) and yes

it lives here in the forests. But you VERY rarely see it.

The only time it flys is end of June. But this one was

brought to me by a pupil who had found him on the way to school.

I had to give it back the next day so he would be released

same place where he was found.

And I had him for a day and made the clip in my backyard.

you can hear my wife playing the flute :)

[ARDVARK383]

can you imagine this thing duking it out with a hercules beetle?

[Natureisgreat]

@ARDVARK383

hard guess :) Lucanus would grab sideways,

Hercules from top - hmmm, both are born fighter ...

Hercules is a little bigger though, maybe he ll win.

[TheCyberslasher1]

its like its having another bug inside it

[Natureisgreat]

@TheCyberslasher1

yes , right , I was so amazed when I saw him doing it!

opening the front door ;)

[xtillsx]

Stag Beetles are bloody awesome, shame my cat seems to think they are a rare delicacy

[ilovetogofast88]

Hell yeah, nature IS great

[Ripcurl4Life1]

i cant masturbate to this

[movingon5]

I live in England hampshire and I find these all the time in the summer in my house  they can fly

[kiyoshiNeko97]

D:

[tall32guy]

He has a strange way of eating. But he is still an amazing creature nonetheless. :)

[FireheartZX]

Its Boomer Kuwanger from Megaman X! Except with much bigger horns.

[nochannel1000]

I eat meat everyday and I am not even half as strong as these beetles who only drink sap and fruit juice.

[derekbloxom]

lmao its ironic how theirs a terminex ad on a bug commerical

[MrSkyMalta]

wow i had a boner now...its gone:(

[remen3]

The beetle was probably having the time of his life, you gave him good food