Saw Stag Beetle vs Broad Wood Cockroach

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Saw Stag Beetle Broad Wood Cockroach
Scientific Name Prosopocoilus inclinatus Parcoblatta lata
Order Coleoptera Blattodea
Family Lucanidae Ectobiidae
Size 25-75 mm 13-18 mm
Habitat Woodlands Woodlands
Diet Sap Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions Japan, Korea Southeastern United States
Conservation Least Concern Not Evaluated

Saw Stag Beetle

A common Japanese stag beetle with serrated inner mandible edges. They are frequently encountered at sap flows on oak trees.

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Did You Know?

Their saw-toothed mandibles give them a superior grip when wrestling other beetles off tree trunks.

Broad Wood Cockroach

A distinctive flat, broadly shaped wood cockroach from the southeastern United States. Females have a wider body than most Parcoblatta species.

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Did You Know?

Its unusually broad and flat body shape allows it to squeeze into extremely narrow crevices under bark.