Now it’s time for the final phase
The number of dead male stag beetles in our reports is increasing, no longer predominantly eaten beetles, but more and more also exhausted, externally intact beetles. Females are now predominantly observed continuously. Both are signs of an approaching end to the great, conspicuous above-ground period. We present statistics here in mid-July. To start with, it has been a good stag beetle year. They seem to be benefiting somewhat at the moment due to the fact that many trees are dying and are increasing in individuals, so are more conspicuous. Of course, there are two sides to this coin, but the [...]
A few more days of high season …….
Now it is time to enjoy the great flights of the stag beetles. In a few days, the flight activity in some regions should already be decreasing.
Stag beetles get married in summer weather….
Flights, weddings and robbers disturbing the social gatherings. Such reports have reached us in the last few days. It's stag beetle season, we should all enjoy it.
Stag beetles in the middle of Berlin.
We know that stag beetles live in villages and cities. Nevertheless, reports like a stag beetle discovery in Uhlandstraße in Berlin are something very special. It's hard to imagine, a flying stag beetle, successful in a city between cars, people, houses, and it didn't get lost! Berlin is a landmark in my personal life when it comes to stag beetles. In 2012, I gave a small lecture on "Stag beetles as cultural successors" at the Natural History Museum. Only a few minutes were given to me, the inconvenient Moselan, to celebrate the stag beetle as Beetle of the Year 2012. [...]
The female stag beetles are now making for an exciting stag beetle season!
Now that the male stag beetles are already flying in many regions, the first female stag beetles are also making an appearance. Now things are getting moving! We expect exciting flight evenings as well as the first weddings in good Whitsun weather. Just in time for the end of the month, the stag beetle season is picking up speed!