Stag Beetle Mug — Vintage Specimen Illustration Gift for Entomology Lovers

Lucanus cervus — Britain's largest beetle, and the only one that arrives wearing antlers. The male's outsized mandibles are built for wrestling rivals off branches rather than for feeding, and they're set down here the way a Victorian entomologist would have recorded them: fine pen-and-ink linework, botanical accents and warm parchment tones.

Part of the Natural History range — original hand-drawn museum plate designs with proper species names and archive detail. The stag beetle spends years underground as a larva feeding on decaying wood, then emerges for a single summer above ground. A short, strange life, and a specimen worth cataloguing properly.

Particularly good for entomologists, naturalists, dark academia types, and anyone who likes their morning coffee with a bit of fieldwork.

☕ 11oz ceramic mug
· Glossy finish
· Lead and BPA free
· Dishwasher and microwave safe
· Ships from the UK · Free UK shipping · Available worldwide