Platycerus oregonensis

[bugman7]

I'll be Northern California in late April in search of the Lucanid, Platycerus oregonensis. Any information/collection experience for this species would be greatly appreciated.

Mike Seth

[prillbug2]

For our species in the Eastern US, I found them under logs or under bark of dead or dying trees. Although, I have found them at my blacklight and UV light at night. Believe me, it's a lot of work looking for them.
Jeff Prill

[bandrow]

Greetings,

I've collected them a few times as the adults sat sunning themselves on foliage in forested areas, early in the spring in Ohio - generally in late May. This is obviously a serendipitous way to find them, but they do seem to be fairly active on sunny days. The majority of specimens that I've seen have been taken in Lindgren funnel traps baited with ethanol, again from samples in May. Many 'rare' scarabaeoids are actually quite common in nature, and come readily to Lindgrens, for example Osmoderma scabra, O. eremicola, Hoplia trivialis (sometimes in huge numbers), Gnorimella maculosa and recently I've begun finding Valgus hemipterus in the Midwest (introduced from the Old World)...

Cheers!
Bandrow

[wildabug]

Well, I've collected them in the Marin Co. area and San Jose. If you are in the area I would be glad to go collecting for some CA lucanids, I wouldn't mind getting some more Sinodendron rugosum and some Ceruchus.

[bathcat]

I've chopped them out of bleached logs on the seashore of Washington.

I find Sinodendron rugosum just hanging out on the sides of buildings near Seattle, sometimes the males will be on the tops of fence posts as well.

[ryanm]

Would you be willing to sell some to me? Any western Lucanid is on my wishlist!