The new edition includes a newly described species at the end of 2018: Lucanus chengyuani (Chengyuan Mountain Stag Beetle).

"Stag Beetle Diary" can be regarded as the most complete guide to the species of stag beetles in Taiwan to date.

The author organizes the content around the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—transforming over twenty years of personal observation and photography experience into fascinating and vivid seasonal nature notes. It serves not only as a practical bug-finding guide but also indirectly depicts the changes in Taiwan's natural environment. In addition to field observation and collection experiences, the author provides combat guidelines for the identification of stag beetles, field collection tips, breeding advice, and specimen preparation methods, allowing readers to go beyond theoretical knowledge and experience the fun hands-on.

Huang Shih-Jie

Born in Taipei in 1973, Huang Shih-Jie never enjoyed school as a child and was more interested in nature observation. He only completed his compulsory education (highest degree: Datong Junior High School) before entering the job market. The year he was discharged from the military, a work-related accident led to the amputation of four fingers on his right hand, which became a turning point in his life. He returned to the ecological world he had always yearned for and diligently self-studied knowledge about wildlife and plants. In recent years, he has visited countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia, venturing deep into uninhabited tropical rainforests to photograph plants and animals in their natural habitats. He has served as an entomology consultant for the National Science Council's ecological films, an assistant for the National Science Council projects at National Taiwan University and Chiayi University, an ecological lecturer for "Taiwan Complete Record," and a lecturer and host for "Have Fun with Nature." He is currently the host of SET Television's "Up the Mountain, Down the Sea, Spend a Night," leading families into nature observation while focusing on natural ecological photography and writing. He is a columnist for the science section of the National Daily News and the Digital Island website of the Academia Sinica, as well as the author of the elementary school Chinese language textbook lesson "Madagascar, Let's Go!" He often shares his nature observation experiences on various social media platforms.

Publications include: "Hercules Beetle," "Insect Facebook," "Playing with Nature with Children," "The Private Life of Mantises," "A Home in the Forest," "Insects on the Menu," "Tyrant Beetle Encyclopedia," "Super Shocking Beetle King", "100 Common Insects of Hui-Sun Forest Farm" photography works, "Beetle Diary," "Stag Beetle Diary," "Beetle Diary 2," "Plant Diary," and "The Diary of Camouflaged Creatures"