This scary-but-innocuous fellow landed on our doorstep last night.

He’s a staghorn beetle and, as nearly as we can tell, uses the mandibles to demonstrate his superiority over the rest of the staghorn beetles in the neighborhood.

Go, beetle, go!
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This scary-but-innocuous fellow landed on our doorstep last night.

He’s a staghorn beetle and, as nearly as we can tell, uses the mandibles to demonstrate his superiority over the rest of the staghorn beetles in the neighborhood.

Go, beetle, go!