Stag beetle

"I did it! I caught a stag beetle! I bet he's fun at parties!" —Wild World

Stag Beetle
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Real-world info
Name: Lucanus cervus Family: Lucanidae - Stag beetles
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ヒラタクワガタ  扁锹甲  copris  ciervo volante  hirata kuwagata  N/A  넓적사슴벌레  N/A  copris  ciervo volante  Hirschkäfer  N/A

The Stag Beetle (known as the Flat Stag Beetle prior to Animal Crossing: Wild World) is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#29

"Yes! I caught a flat stag beetle! I have to celebrate! I know! I'll throw a flat-stag party!"

DnM / iQue

DnM+ / AC

DnMe+

Time of year	Jun – Aug
Time of day	7 PM – 8 AM
Location	On trees
Weather	Any weather
Selling price	2,000 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World

#42

"I did it! I caught a stag beetle! I bet he's fun at parties!"

Description	During the day, they hide out in trees. Their personality and pinchers are both strong.
Time of year	Jun – Aug
Time of day	7 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	11 PM – 8 AM (Jul – Aug)
Location	On trees
Bug size	66 mm
Selling price	2,000 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

As with all bugs in the Animal Crossing series, the Stag Beetle can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. During the donation, he will tell the player a little bit about it.

In Animal Crossing

"They're called beetles, wot? The lugs of the insect world. Insects with armor plating their backs, you know. Their armor, it...opens up, revealing wings. Featherless wings. Which they use to fly! It's really quite unnatural. Then, there's that thin, membrane-like covering where their heads connect to their bodies. Most foul! Hooo... But I digress...!"

In Wild World

"When picking up a stag beetle, I would advise you to grab it on its back side. If your finger got stuck in the brute's pinchers, you'd surely regret it, wot wot!"

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  Animal Crossing

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  Animal Crossing: Wild World

Real-world information

The stag beetle in Animal Crossing refers to no particular stag beetle, although this stag beetle largely resembles the Lucanus cervus stag beetle. L. cervus, despite being recognizable, is in steep decline around the world, and it is now listed as globally threatened. As in Animal Crossing, these beetles appear from late May up until late August. Their larvae feeds on plant matter, particularly inside wood, which makes them possible food for woodpeckers. Beetle larvae have combs in their legs which are used to communicate with other larvae. Adults, meanwhile, feed on tree sap and nectar, living for a few months. Stag beetles are also sexually dimorphic, meaning that the males contain much larger mandibles than the females. The stag beetle shown in Animal Crossing are the male version. Despite Blathers's speech in Wild World, the males have too weak mandibles to inflict harm. The females can inflict more painful bites, however.