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Adult Miyama stag beetles appear around summer.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Miyama stag beetle
- Scientific name
- Lucanus maculifemoratus
- Japanese name
- ミヤマクワガタ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Lucanus
A stag beetle of mixed woods and beech forests, from the mountains down to the plains. It gathers on oaks and willows to drink sap.
Most stag beetles are active at night, but this one is active both day and night. At night it often flies to lights.
Females lay eggs in the soil at the base of dead broadleaf trees. The larvae grow by eating rotting wood and become pupae in the soil.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males 27–51 mm, females 25–40 mm
- Active
- By day and by night
- Diet
- Sap of konara oak and willow
Where the Miyama stag beetle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ミヤマクワガタ
- 简体中文
- 斑股锹甲
- 繁體中文
- 高砂深山鍬形蟲
- 한국어
- 사슴벌레
- Русский
- Рогач Дыбовского
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 国土交通省 弥栄ダム管理所 — ミヤマクワガタ（弥栄ダム周辺の生き物）Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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