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Moehau stag beetle

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Moehau stag beetle

This stag beetle (Geodorcus sp. ‘Moehau’) is only known from Mt Moehau on the Coromandel Peninsula, where it lives in moist patches under rocks and rotting logs. It is relatively large (2.3–2.7 centimetres long), and being flightless, is vulnerable to rats.

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John Marris, Beetles – Habitats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14378/moehau-stag-beetle (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by John Marris, published 1 March 2009.