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Hardwood Stump Borer - Mallodon dasystomus - male
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Hardwood Stump Borer - Mallodon dasystomus - Male
Hwy 55 and Sedwick, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 16, 2004
Size: 45 mm
Found at light. Chilled, posed, and released. Hairy mandibles show this is a male. Length of this individual (abdomen to tip of mandibles) was 45 mm. This is one robust beetle!
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 June, 2004 - 7:15pm
Last updated 30 June, 2005 - 5:54am

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