Cacostomus squamosus

Cacostomus squamosus is a beetle of the family Lucanidae found in Australia. It is a diurnal species reaching a length up to 25 mm in males; it occurs on flowers in the eastern coastal forests of Australia. Its larvae, like those of most species of stag beetles, live in decaying wood.^[1]

Cacostomus squamosus
Cacostomus squamosus, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Lucanidae
Genus:	Cacostomus
Species:	C. squamosus
Binomial name
Cacostomus squamosus Newman, 1840