Saw stag beetle
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Saw stag beetles can be seen from summer into early autumn.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Saw stag beetle
- Scientific name
- Prosopocoilus inclinatus
- Japanese name
- ノコギリクワガタ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Prosopocoilus
A stag beetle that gathers on trees such as sawtooth oak and konara oak to drink sap. Its larvae grow by eating dead wood.
Its big jaws have many saw-like teeth in a row. That is where its name, meaning 'saw stag beetle', comes from.
It is active at night, but can also be seen in the shade of trees by day. It often rests high up in the trees.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males 27–74 mm, females 25–37 mm
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Diet
- Sap of sawtooth oak, konara oak, elm and other trees
- Range
- Hokkaido to Yakushima
Where the Saw 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
- ノコギリクワガタ
- 简体中文
- 锯锹形虫
- 繁體中文
- 鋸鍬形蟲
- 한국어
- 톱사슴벌레
- Português (Brasil)
- Besouro-cervo-japonês
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 大隅河川国道事務所 — 肝属川の昆虫 ノコギリクワガタChecked: 2026-11-03
- 守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（甲虫のなかま）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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