Lamprima aurataEmerging Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)

Photographs Hongming Kan â—¦

Stag beetles are emerging in a park in Brisbane south, Queensland.

Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Stag beetles (Lamprima aurata) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan

and just for your pleasure… an emerging Brown Stag Beetle (Ryssonotus nebulosus).

Brown Stag Beetle (Ryssonotus nebulosus) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Brown Stag Beetle (Ryssonotus nebulosus) emerging, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan

For more information on this amazing beetle, check out the article Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) by Hongming Kan on his blog site Australian Insects.

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
  • Family: Lucanidae
  • Subfamily: Lampriminae
  • Genus: Lamprima
  • Species:
    • Lamprima adolphinae (Gestro, 1875)
    • Lamprima aenea (Fabricius, 1792)
    • Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817
    • Lamprima imberbis Carter, 1926
    • Lamprima insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885

Footnote & References

  1. Lamprima aurata (Golden Stag Beetle) © Hongming Kan
  2. Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817, Golden Stag Beetle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Lamprima aurata

Lamprima aurataEmerging Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)

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