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woodworm beetles
Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of
wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. My guess is they are not coming in from outside the condo, but that they are inside the wood that the condo was constructed with. LOOK FOR THE EXIT HOLES and/or sawdust like chaff stuff. My holes were about 1/4 round (typical size for machined holes and thus easy to overlook), most species have smaller holes though. I sprayed Permathin mix into the holes, heard a brief whine sound (LOL) at the 1st hole, and haven't had any new sawdust/chaff or noises in the last few days. The eggs are laid and then they typically hatch at least 1 year later, but they can apparently remain dormant for over a decade. I never really saw any actual beetles (just found one tiny one that may be unrelated), which is common. If you are finding lots it must be pretty bad I would think; they likely will continue to reproduce/repeat until the cycle is stopped with insecticides or replacing the wood. -- |
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Is there a question somewhere? There shouldn't be anything in kiln dried lumber...unless you have termites in a moist area of the US. Pine bore beetles are common in the North, and attack injured trees...
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On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, t wrote:
Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. My guess is they are not coming in from outside the condo, but that they are inside the wood that the condo was constructed with. LOOK FOR THE EXIT HOLES and/or sawdust like chaff stuff. My holes were about 1/4 round (typical size for machined holes and thus easy to overlook), most species have smaller holes though. I sprayed Permathin mix into the holes, heard a brief whine sound (LOL) at the 1st hole, and haven't had any new sawdust/chaff or noises in the last few days. The eggs are laid and then they typically hatch at least 1 year later, but they can apparently remain dormant for over a decade. I never really saw any actual beetles (just found one tiny one that may be unrelated), which is common. If you are finding lots it must be pretty bad I would think; they likely will continue to reproduce/repeat until the cycle is stopped with insecticides or replacing the wood. -- What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) [8~{} Uncle Buzz Monster |
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Uncle Monster wrote in
: What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) Your posting style is a lot like The Daring Dufus. And he was from Birmingham too. |
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roups.com... Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. AND NOW, FOLKS.........A LITTLE DIDDY FOR YA ^@^ The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out, Into yer arsehole, And out your mouth. They eat your dick, They scramble your heart. Now you feel like Youre all apart. This is how It is to die You end up looking Like apple pie! |
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On 6/2/2015 12:22 PM, bob_villa wrote:
Is there a question somewhere? There shouldn't be anything in kiln dried lumber...unless you have termites in a moist area of the US. Pine bore beetles are common in the North, and attack injured trees... Pine bore beetles are also common in Fla. I lost 50 pine trees in my yard after Wilma injured them. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com |
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On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 11:52:25 AM UTC-5, Zak W wrote:
Uncle Monster wrote in : What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) Your posting style is a lot like The Daring Dufus. And he was from Birmingham too. That's my brother, I'm about 10 minutes older than Dufas. We had the same English and creative writing teachers and were tortured by the same nuns. We come up with all sorts acronyms and share them so it doesn't surprise me that our writing style may be similar because we outgrew Liberalism a long time ago. It would be hell if we could persuade our other 7 siblings to post to Usenet. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Brother Monster |
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"NEMO" wrote in message
... On 6/2/2015 11:29 AM, Colon Edmud Burchese wrote: "t" wrote in message roups.com... Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. AND NOW, FOLKS.........A LITTLE DIDDY FOR YA ^@^ The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out, Into yer arsehole, And out your mouth. They eat your dick, They scramble your heart. Now you feel like Youre all apart. This is how It is to die You end up looking Like apple pie! You ALREADY look like that and you're not even DEAD, Coloon! LOLOK It's what yer face would look like after I took a BIG **** all over it! LOL |
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On 6/2/2015 11:42 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, t wrote: Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. My guess is they are not coming in from outside the condo, but that they are inside the wood that the condo was constructed with. LOOK FOR THE EXIT HOLES and/or sawdust like chaff stuff. My holes were about 1/4 round (typical size for machined holes and thus easy to overlook), most species have smaller holes though. I sprayed Permathin mix into the holes, heard a brief whine sound (LOL) at the 1st hole, and haven't had any new sawdust/chaff or noises in the last few days. The eggs are laid and then they typically hatch at least 1 year later, but they can apparently remain dormant for over a decade. I never really saw any actual beetles (just found one tiny one that may be unrelated), which is common. If you are finding lots it must be pretty bad I would think; they likely will continue to reproduce/repeat until the cycle is stopped with insecticides or replacing the wood. -- What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) [8~{} Uncle Buzz Monster I think those are carpenter bees because we have some of those here, too. -- rebel |
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On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 6:25:32 PM UTC-5, rebel wrote:
On 6/2/2015 11:42 AM, Uncle Monster wrote: On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, t wrote: Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. My guess is they are not coming in from outside the condo, but that they are inside the wood that the condo was constructed with. LOOK FOR THE EXIT HOLES and/or sawdust like chaff stuff. My holes were about 1/4 round (typical size for machined holes and thus easy to overlook), most species have smaller holes though. I sprayed Permathin mix into the holes, heard a brief whine sound (LOL) at the 1st hole, and haven't had any new sawdust/chaff or noises in the last few days. The eggs are laid and then they typically hatch at least 1 year later, but they can apparently remain dormant for over a decade. I never really saw any actual beetles (just found one tiny one that may be unrelated), which is common. If you are finding lots it must be pretty bad I would think; they likely will continue to reproduce/repeat until the cycle is stopped with insecticides or replacing the wood. -- What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) [8~{} Uncle Buzz Monster I think those are carpenter bees because we have some of those here, too. -- rebel My mistake! It's Carpenter Bees, they just look like Bumble Bees. Brain flatulence can be a real problem for me some times. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Brain Fart Monster |
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I thought Woodworm Beetles is in England/UK what we call Termites here in the United States mainland.
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 09:42:27 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote: What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) What you are describing is electrric wood. It's what electric guitars are made of. It hums becaue of the electricity. No bees involved. |
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On 6/2/2015 2:41 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 11:52:25 AM UTC-5, Zak W wrote: Uncle Monster wrote in : What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) Your posting style is a lot like The Daring Dufus. And he was from Birmingham too. That's my brother, I'm about 10 minutes older than Dufas. We had the same English and creative writing teachers and were tortured by the same nuns. We come up with all sorts acronyms and share them so it doesn't surprise me that our writing style may be similar because we outgrew Liberalism a long time ago. It would be hell if we could persuade our other 7 siblings to post to Usenet. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Brother Monster I wonder if we had similar creative writing teachers? That was one of my favorite classes. -- rebel |
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On 6/2/2015 7:18 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 6:25:32 PM UTC-5, rebel wrote: On 6/2/2015 11:42 AM, Uncle Monster wrote: On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, t wrote: Just for the record. I believe these beetles often are already inside of wood that is used in home construction. They are just waiting to grow up and come out. They don't eat as adults, but the earlier stages bury into and consume wood, often moist wood. They leave holes in the wood when they tunnel out of it as adults. When they are active you can often find sawdust like material near the holes; "chaff" or something its called. I have some windows that I could hear noises emanating from certain months, and I noticed birds and bees attracted to the windows. The first person I had look into this didn't find anything---I was worried about termites mostly. I finally figured it out (wordworm beetles) after determining the holes were not machined (they are perfectly round and the same size as other holes routed to hold screens etc.) and investigating online. My guess is they are not coming in from outside the condo, but that they are inside the wood that the condo was constructed with. LOOK FOR THE EXIT HOLES and/or sawdust like chaff stuff. My holes were about 1/4 round (typical size for machined holes and thus easy to overlook), most species have smaller holes though. I sprayed Permathin mix into the holes, heard a brief whine sound (LOL) at the 1st hole, and haven't had any new sawdust/chaff or noises in the last few days. The eggs are laid and then they typically hatch at least 1 year later, but they can apparently remain dormant for over a decade. I never really saw any actual beetles (just found one tiny one that may be unrelated), which is common. If you are finding lots it must be pretty bad I would think; they likely will continue to reproduce/repeat until the cycle is stopped with insecticides or replacing the wood. -- What you describe seems like what we have here in Alabamastan where bumblebees bore into the wood outside homes. The holes are about 1/4" in diameter and you can hear a buzzing sound coming from them when the bee is inside. 8-) [8~{} Uncle Buzz Monster I think those are carpenter bees because we have some of those here, too. -- rebel My mistake! It's Carpenter Bees, they just look like Bumble Bees. Brain flatulence can be a real problem for me some times. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Brain Fart Monster Does brain flatulence smell bad like the kind that comes from the south end? lol -- rebel |
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