Dorcus parallelus
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| Dorcus parallelus (Say, 1823)
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Dorcus parallelus id=iJlBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Dorcus+parallelus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TWK5UJSzG4T8yAHlvoDICw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Dorcus%20parallelus&f=false|title=Report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station|year=1890|publisher=Cornell University|place=Ithaca, New York|pages=108–109}}</ref> is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. The species is 15–26 millimetres (0.59–1.02 in) long and are black or brown in colour. Adult species feed on dead or rotten wood, while larvae feed on decaying stumps and logs. The larvae prefers elm trees, but can also feed on others.[1]
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