Mormon Cricket vs Elegant Stag Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Mormon Cricket Elegant Stag Beetle
Scientific Name Anabrus simplex Odontolabis elegans
Order Orthoptera Coleoptera
Family Tettigoniidae Lucanidae
Size 30-50 mm 35-85 mm
Habitat Mountains Mountains
Diet Carrion Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions North America Philippines, Indonesia
Conservation Least Concern Not Evaluated

Mormon Cricket

A large, flightless shield-backed katydid native to western North America. Despite its name it is not a true cricket but rather a katydid.

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Did You Know?

In 1848 a massive Mormon cricket outbreak threatened settler crops in Utah until flocks of California gulls arrived and devoured them, an event celebrated as the Miracle of the Gulls.

Elegant Stag Beetle

A large Southeast Asian stag beetle with smooth, curved mandibles. Males show dramatic polymorphism in mandible size.

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Did You Know?

Small males mimic females in appearance to sneak matings without being challenged by larger males.