Stag-beetle Sentence Examples

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  • Sharp; in the stag-beetle larva a series of short tubercles on the hind-leg is drawn across the serrate edge of a plate on the haunch of the intermediate legs, while in the Passalid grub the modified tip of the hind-leg acts as a scraper, being so shortened that it is useless for locomotion, but highly specialized for producing sound.

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  • The lady-bird weighs 150 times less than the stag-beetle, and possesses 5 times more of surface, &c. It is the same with the birds.

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  • Colin would also like to hear from volunteers interested in helping survey stag beetle activity in their own patch.

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  • The stag beetle is listed on Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive.

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  • The rare stag beetle is reliant upon standing deadwood, this tends to rot from the inside to the outside.

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  • A rotting log can become a world of insect life and a home for beetles, including the increasingly uncommon stag beetle.

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  • Thus, in comparing the insects with one another, we find that the gnat, which weighs 460 times less than the stag-beetle, has 14 times more of surface.

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