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Insect Identification > Description of the Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle
 

Details of the Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle

CATEGORY:
Beetle

COMMON NAME:
"Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Mallodon dasytomus)

TAXONOMY:
(View Orders)
Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
     Family: Cerambycidae
      Genus: Mallodon
       Species: dasytomus


CHARACTERISTICS: Large thick pincers (jaws) on the males are quite intimidating. This species is usually found in tree stumps or structural wood, but have been known to live in trees that have not been cut down.

ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
35mm to 50mm (1.38in to 1.97in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: black

North American Reach
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas
 
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Picture of Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle
Courtesy of Susan W. from Concord, NC

     

 

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