Stag Beetle Dorcus Titanus Framed Specimen

The Victorians were onto something. They filled their parlours with pinned specimens and called it science, which was just an excuse to surround themselves with beautiful, unsettling things.

Dorcus titanus, the giant stag beetle, is one of the more imposing lucanids you can get your hands on, and this framed specimen from Bits & Bugs does it proper justice. Indigenous to the forests of Indonesia, it's the kind of dark natural world curiosity that belongs on the wall of anyone who takes their gothic aesthetic seriously, sitting comfortably between the band posters and the weird taxidermy find from the Camberwell market. Real entomology, not a Halloween prop.

Species: Dorcus titanus. Origin: Indonesia. Frame dimensions: 14.5cm x 14.5cm x 5cm depth. Frame made from recycled materials.