Giant Click Beetle vs Broad-Horned Flour Beetle Mimic Stag

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Giant Click Beetle Broad-Horned Flour Beetle Mimic Stag
Scientific Name Oxynopterus mucronatus Figulus sublaevis
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Elateridae Lucanidae
Size 40-65 mm 10-16 mm
Habitat Forests Woodlands
Diet Detritivores Wood Feeders
Regions Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo Africa, Madagascar
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Giant Click Beetle

One of the largest click beetles in Asia with dramatic pectinate antennae in males. It can launch itself into the air with an audible click when flipped over.

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Did You Know?

Its spectacular fan-shaped antennae are used to detect female pheromones from great distances.

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle Mimic Stag

A small, elongate, dark brown to black stag beetle with reduced mandibles that resembles a darkling beetle. It is commonly found in small-diameter dead branches. Larvae develop communally in decaying wood.

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Did You Know?

This tiny stag beetle is so unlike typical stag beetles that it was originally placed in a different family.