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title: "Hardwood Stump Borer"
description: "Mallodon dasystomus — Insects & spiders. Mallodon dasystomus, the hardwood stump borer, is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hardwood-stump-borer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hardwood Stump Borer

> Mallodon dasystomus — Insects & spiders. Mallodon dasystomus, the hardwood stump borer, is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Mallodon dasystomus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 7976
- Wikidata: [Q21326328](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21326328)
- iNaturalist taxon: [269875](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/269875)

## Names

- en: Hardwood Stump Borer
- es: Escarabajo perforador de tocones

## Countries with the most observations

US (6244), MX (132), PA (7), CR (6), NI (4), GT (3)

## Summary

Mallodon dasystomus, the hardwood stump borer, is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Specimens range in length from 35 to 50 millimetres (1.38 to 1.97 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallodon_dasystomus

## Photo

![Hardwood Stump Borer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hardwood-stump-borer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207383043

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hardwood-stump-borer?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).