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"george (dicegeorge)" writes:
someone told me woodworm love Pear wood,
and gave me several slices which i've nailed around the attic,

The theory is that the woodworm when they hatch will sniff it out
and fly to it and lay their eggs there,
then a few years later I will burn it.

He called it sacrificial wood.

I cant see any harm.

but is it true?

Don't know, but I recall discovering that they really liked
my grandmother's wicker chair, when we were clearing out the
house. They didn't seem to have touched anything else.

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Andrew Gabriel
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