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Facts of the Day: 🐛Giraffe Stag Beetles🐛

Scientific Name: Prosopocoilus giraffa

Size: 119 millimeters or 4.68 inches or 

Lifespan: 12 to 15 months

Reproduction: Adults live for a single breeding season, producing around 30 eggs laid in rotting wood and soil. They stay in a larvae stage for up to 14 months, becoming adults just long enough to reproduce and then die shortly afterwards.

Diet: Rotting wood

Habitat: They are found throughout Asia, from India in the South to Indonesia in the Southeast, preferring forests near sandbanks.

Status: Conservation efforts are varied across the stag beetle subspecies and their locale but what I could find is in Thailand, they are a protected species with restrictions on exportation.

Summary: The giraffe stag beetle is the largest in their family, with long powerful jaws that make up half their body’s entire length. They tend to be aggressive and fierce, with a bite due to it’s powerful jaws. Males often use these long jaws to get in fights, and throw each other away from their potential mate.