I was pulling some board off my storage shelf in my basement shop and on two different boards is saw two small white insects (one on each board). At first I thought they were termites, but they were REALLY small. I took laid a ruler next one and it a maybe 1/32" long. I am not sure termites can be that small. I have google my butt off and cannot find any reference to a termite of that size. Baby termite??
Any ideas??
Dave
"Dave - Parkville, MD" wrote in news:Xns9CA88E54345C1debridgemangmailccoo@207.246.207.165:
I added a pic to ABPW
How about posting a pic on the web, to some photo-sharing site? Lots of us don't have access to ABPW.
snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote in news:hbfpp5$enu$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:
Try this:
...or even know what it is.
nb
The shape doesn't look like a termite to me. It's small like a powder post beetle, but the damage to the wood in that picture points to a bigger bug. Powder post beetles leave tiny round holes like someone stuck an awl in the wood repeatedly.
Send your pictures ( a better close-up would be very helpful) to this place:
It's a binary news group.
alt.binaries.pictures.furniture
That would be alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
I think powder post beetles. The hole where they emerge is toothpick size but inside the excavations can be/are much larger. One thing sure, they aren't teredos :)
pupae and larvae are much larger than that. The damage to the wood sure looks like termite damage to me, though.
- Parkville, MD" wrote:
It's possible that there's termite damage and another bug as well. Termites defend their territory pretty aggressively, so it's possible the damage is from termites and older.
Google "wood boring insect tiny white" and click on the Images tab.
R
Smaller than anything I've seen, but I agree with what the fellow said over on ABPW - get those boards away from the rest of your supply or you could have a disaster on your hands. Turn 'em into firewood or put them in a heated kiln for a few weeks to kill the bugs. What kind of wood were they in and what kind of wood is in the rest of your supply?
I did a cursory search and didn't pin down any particular species, but you might try looking on
Albino fleas?
Looks like a "mite" to me.
Normally a vacuum is pulled and a bug spray is introduced.
Martin
Dave - Parkville, MD wrote:
RicodJour wrote in news:223ad18b-cc66-40f6-9504- snipped-for-privacy@g19g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:
Just tried that. Don't see anything similar
"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in news:3zQCm.60121 $ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-04.dc.easynews.com:
Problem! The wood has been in the house! Any recommendation on insecticide to use that won't trash the wood?
Dave
RicodJour wrote in news:e704f693-0f58-4207-9b88- snipped-for-privacy@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:
I agree that it doesn't look like a termite. I also don't think it did the damage you see in the photo. The walnut is just the board it happend to be on.
Dave
"Dave - Parkville, MD" wrote in news:Xns9CA895F0C857Bdebridgemangmailccoo@207.246.207.161:
May have a winner?
Maybe it's a ........... Normite : p
diggerop
Doh, is that what the "W" for?
A brain fart on my part.
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