Seasonal flight activity of Platycerus caprea (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts (Czech Republic)

Abstract

The seasonal flight activity of Platycerus caprea was studied at two sites in the Moravskoslezske Beskydy Mts in 2002–2004 using bark beetle pheromone traps of Theysohn® type. Platycerus caprea occurred at altitudes of 400 m up to 1200 m a.s.l. Seasonal flight activity in both males and females started at the beginning of May and continued until mid-June. At lower altitudes (up to ca 900 m a.s.l.), adults flew in the first half of May, at altitudes about 1000 m a.s.l. in the second half of May and in the highest sites more than 1200 m a.s.l. in the first half of June.