Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus

The commonest stag beetle in Norfolk. They regularly turn up in my garden moth trap, or rather (more often) on the ground round the moth trap, but they were much more frequent coming to sugar/rotting fruit when I've put that out.

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 24th June 2019

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 14th June 2020

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 16th June 2017

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 20th August 2021

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, St Mary's churchyard, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th June 2021

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, Hilgay Fen (Norfolk, UK), 4th July 2015

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 18th August 2019

Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 31st July 2020