Max Barclay, Senior Curator in Charge of the Museum's beetle collection, says: 'Stag beetles are rare and threatened throughout northern Europe and the populations in the Thames Valley are some of the ...

However, there's another rare insect out there that's actually dubbed the most expensive bug in the world: the stag beetle. It costs more than a luxury car! Insects are popular pets in many ...

“Insects have always been symbolic for me ... an insect that she believed represented the presence of her late husband. A stag beetle is a cultural symbol in Inoue’s native Japan.

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There are more than 2,000 species of beetles known from the London area,' says Max Barclay, Senior Curator in Charge of the Museum's beetle collection. 'London is even a stronghold for the rare ...

Its name comes from enormous jaws that look rather like a stag’s antlers. Stag beetles take years to mature to their adult state and need to be left undisturbed while they’re developing.