MYN / Joris van Alphen / Stag beetle (Dorcus sp.) Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) Lewisham, London, May

Nick Upton / Wide angle view of a male Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) standing on a log pile, Hertfordshire garden, UK, August.

Andy Sands / Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) male on rotton log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) male on rotton log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) female on cherry log. Hertfordshire, England, UK, August.

Andy Sands / Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) female on cherry log. Hertfordshire, England, UK, August.

Simon Colmer / Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelopipedus) on leaf, Sussex, UK, July

Philippe Clement / Lesser Stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) in forest, La Brenne, France

Nature Production / Little Stag Beetle {Dorcus rectus rectus} Asia

Nature Production / Little stag beetle {Dorcus rectus rectus} newly hatched imago overwintering in chrysalis chamber in rotting wood, Japan

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Lesser stag beetle on bark (Dorcus parallelopipedus) Milton, Cambridgeshire, UK