10 June 2006

Lecompte- Thurs. 6/8 aka: a freaking male Lucanus Elephas

Travis and I hit Lecompte again on Thurs. We found:
8- S. aloeus (6m/2f)
1 - P. punctata (m)
1 - L. elephas (m) dead

The Stag was large and quite dead but was almost perfect except for one antennae. This is the first male I have found in the wild and am now pretty sure that the two previous females were L. elephas instead of L. capreolus. This marks my second "first" at this same spot, the previous one being my first adult, male, wild D. tityus that Zack found there last year.









Travis's mom also found what I would call an "electric-blue ground beetle". I have yet to find out what it is but will post pics and info here when I get it. It's not calosoma for sure, but almost as big.

Steven

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