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Saw a huge male stag beetle this evening!
We were going or a walk, noticed something moving on the street between parked cars. The stag beetle was on its back moving its legs. These critters really have trouble when they're on their back on a flat surface.
It's not an earthworm, but I still made host get a twig and the beetle quickly grabbed it with its leg so we could lift him up. Really bg and heavy, the heaviest insect we have here. Put it on a nearby tree. Stag beetles are rare, we don't see one every year. They clumsily fly in the evening in early summer. Unbelievable they an fly at all. These beetles spend 5-8 years as larvae in the decaying wood. The beetles only live a few weeks. If they aren't eaten by birds.