Reddish brown stag beetle

[funnypet]

I found a reddish brown stag beetle! 

 

[Ratmosphere]

Great find!

 

[orangestag]

I've been looking for one of those! Where did you find it?

 

[Beanut]

I had one of these! Loved him so much!

 

[Eduardo]

I had the best of luck near Western Chocktaw County, MS. I had never found any Lucanids, not even the tiny Platycerus and Ceruchus. In the particular spot (I will not specify due to conservation concerns), I found D. tityus, Hogna spiders, fiery searchers, Narceus millipedes, and more than a dozen L1 Lucanid larvae. After finding 2 dead L. capreolus adults, I immediately knew what my larvae were! Now I have many large, plump L3 Capreolus larvae!