bug ID

bilgerat · Jul 17, 2005

name this bug,,, its 2" long!!!!!

papagil · Jul 17, 2005

Don't know but it's sure ugly

STRYCNINE · Jul 17, 2005

Dead if i can get close enuff... :smash:

take that

fishdog · Jul 17, 2005

That`s the Red wopper jawed bettle. :hair:

rip18 · Jul 18, 2005

Let's call him "Fred."

It is one of the stag beetles (so called because their jaws resemble the antlers of the red stag). Most likely this is a Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus).

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3105

http://images.google.com/images?q=stag+beetle&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest

Neat critter. If you tied your fishing line to him, I bet he could catch fish without a hook?

Branchminnow · Jul 18, 2005

I seen him before hes Flick's first cousin twice removed.

bilgerat · Jul 18, 2005

Branchminnow said:
I seen him before hes Flick's first cousin twice removed.