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Antelope Beetle
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Antelope Beetle

Dorcus parallelus

Dorcus parallelus is a species of beetles in the family Lucanidae. It was described by Say in 1823. The species is 15–26 millimetres (0.59–1.02 in) long and black or brown in colour. Adult species feed on dead or rotten wood, while larvae feed on decaying stumps and logs. The larvae prefers elms, but can also feed on other trees.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 218677.