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Stag beetle related products on eBay and Yahoo auctions ?>

Stag beetle related products on eBay and Yahoo auctions

eBay is an internet auction site with the world’s largest users. On the other hand, Yahoo Auctions is a famous auction site in Japan. In both cases, ordinary people like us sell products.   In these two auction sites, I searched for “stag beetle” as a keyword and looked at the differences between the products being exhibited.   Number of hits eBay (Searched for “stag beetle”): 2,687 in total, 211 for >5000 JPY (Japanese yen) Yahoo Auctions (Searched for “クワガタ”):…

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The stag beetle in European folklore ?>

The stag beetle in European folklore

Please watch the video provided by BBC. The image of the stag beetle in the European folklore seems somewhat different from ours (at least Japanese’s). “A stag beetle’s history of Britain” (BBC) … If you find problem playing the video below, you may try to visit the original website here. *I uploaded the content under “Terms of Use” provided by BBC. “Back in the middle ages, the stag beetle was seen as a thing of the devil, emanating from the…

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How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The second half) ?>

How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The second half)

The first half is here. 3. Stag beetles became popular insects (from mid 1970’s) Books written only about stag beetles (and rhinoceros beetles) started being published in this period. They included various styles such as illustrated books, encyclopedia and cartoons. Most of them introduced the ecology of the insects and how to care them. I picked up some of them which I felt enjoyable even now (written in Japanese). “カブトムシ・クワガタのひみつ”, written by 林夏介, published by 学習研究社, (1976) Introduced stag beetles…

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How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The first half) ?>

How stag beetles became popular in Japan? (The first half)

In the previous post, I wrote that rhinoceros beetles became a popular pet in Japan in 1960’s. Then the next topic should be: When stag beetles became popular? As previous, I checked books that instruct how to care animals and insects from 1960’s to access this question. All the books shown here are accessible in the National Diet Library and the International Library of Children’s Literature in Tokyo (all written in Japanese). The history can be divided into 5 periods….

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Art and a stag beetle in Europe – “Lucanus cervus depictus” ?>

Art and a stag beetle in Europe – “Lucanus cervus depictus”

I got a book “Lucanus cervus depictus”, which covers arts and culture with an European stag beetle “Lucanus cervus”. The book contains 239 beautiful pictures of art. The oldest one dates back to 4000 B.C. and the newest ones come to 21 st century. There are chapters of mythology, art, entomology and decoration/illustration. In the chapter of art, there are many arts with the stag beetle drawn in 16-18 st century. Previously I wrote that many Japanese (especially children) are…

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