Giant Yellow Stag Beetle

Giant Yellow Stag Beetle

Odontolabis femoralis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kinabalu Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

32 Verified sightings at Kinabalu Park From 2019 to 2026
32 In 1 park
February Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Giant Yellow Stag Beetle

Odontolabis femoralis is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae. It lives in Indonesia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle in Kinabalu Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 297 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle in Kinabalu Park?

February and May–June

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and September–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Giant Yellow Stag Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Giant Yellow Stag Beetle?

Only Kinabalu Park, in our data

Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Giant Yellow Stag Beetle sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Giant Yellow Stag Beetle live in Kinabalu Park?

Same genus: Odontolabis

The closest relatives of the Giant Yellow Stag Beetle that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Odontolabis) are Odontolabis leuthneri (about 20%), Odontolabis cypri (about 20%) and Odontolabis sommeri (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Giant Yellow Stag Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Giant Yellow Stag Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (32 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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