Diamond effect: Two side shredded and polished Table Stand (BC009-2)

Genuine Black Stag Beetle – Dorcus mellianus  permanently encased in clear lucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, indestructible and transparent. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put living beetle right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the beetle from every angle.

Body size(from horn to bottom) of the beetle:  6.5 cm (2.6 inch)

Size of the lucite block is 12.2x11.5x2.4 cm (4.8x4.5x0.9 inch)

Weight of the block is 300 gram and 540 gram with packing box.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
 

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.

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Black Stag Beetle – Dorcus mellianus  

Body length(include horns): Male:22-33 mm Female:16-21 mm

Distribution: Guangdong and Fujian Province of China (southern China)

Characteristic: A large jaw with body hair is easy to identify. Brown in systemic . Sharp turn in front of the distinctive teeth.

Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae. Some species grow to 8 cm (3¼ in), but most are about 5 cm (2 in).

The English name is derived from the large and distinctive mandibles found on the males of most species, which resemble the antlers of stags.

A well-known species in much of Europe is Lucanus cervus, referred to in Britain as "the" stag beetle (it is the largest British terrestrial insect). Pliny the Elder noted that Nigidius called the stag beetle lucanus after the Italian region of Lucania where they were used as amulets. The scientific name of Lucanus cervus is this word, plus cervus, deer.

Male stag beetles use their jaws to wrestle each other for favoured mating sites, but despite their often fearsome appearance they are not normally aggressive to humans. Stag beetles are sometimes used in the Chinese sport of insect fighting[citation needed].

Female stag beetles are usually smaller than the males, with mandibles in normal proportion for a beetle.

The larvae feed for several years on rotting wood, growing into grubs which in larger species may be as big as a human finger.

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