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Special Events at the Saffron Walden Museum
15th May: Object handling
Join us for object handling sessions for
Dementia Awareness
18th May: Museums at Night
Explore the museum by torchlight!
16th June: Wallace’s Great Big Bake
Off
Take part in Wallace’s baking
challenge, plus craft activities.
For full details of events
and tickets visit our website
www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org
The Museum’s ‘Object of the Month’ –
Male Stag Beetle
The Museum’s ‘Object of the Month’
display provides an opportunity to
explore interesting and unusual
objects from the stores. The object
chosen for May 2018 is a male stag
beetle, Lucanus cervus. This stag beetle
was found dead on the Recreation
Ground at Great Dunmow, Essex in
May 1999. It was handed in to the
police station at Dunmow, and a
Police Wildlife Liaison Offi cer gave
it to Saffron Walden Museum to be
preserved. The stag beetle is the
largest beetle in Britain. Adult males
are up to 75 mm long. They have large
antler-like jaws, or mandibles, which
are used for wrestling with other
males during the breeding season.
From mid May to August you may
see a male stag beetle fl ying at dusk
looking for a mate. Females grow
to 50 mm long, with normal sized
mandibles. The stag beetle has a long
life cycle, three to seven years of which
are spent underground in their larval
stage. The larvae are large white grubs
with orange heads that can be up to
11 cm long. They eat decaying wood.
Come to Saffron Walden Museum to
see this male stag beetle and fi nd out
what a female looks like. You can learn
more about their life cycle and view
the log pyramid by the castle which
was built to provide a home for stag
beetles and other insects.
Saffron Walden Museum Opening
Times:
Tuesday – Saturday 10am -5pm
Sundays and Bank Holidays 2pm-5pm
(Note: The Museum closes at 4.30pm
November-February)
Admission
Adults £2.50, Concessions £1.25,
Under 18’s FREE
How to fi nd and contact us
Saffron Walden Museum, Museum
Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1JL
Phone Number: 01799 510333
Email: [email protected]
www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org
Facebook: Facebook.com/
SaffronWaldenMuseum
Twitter: @SW_Museum
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