Thanks. I always wondered how a digeridoo is made. And I have heard of
powder post beetles but didn't know anything about them. But we clearly
have them and now I know about them from sources not far away from here
<http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/DiagnosticLab/IDLFS/PowderPostBeetles/PowderPostBeetles.html>
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> The UK suffers from 'woodworm' which attacks dead wood. Those are
> definitely borer galleries in the floorboards which could be exposed
> by the sanding back during renovation. There is a 'powder post
> beetle' (?) and the notorious 'death watch beetle' which attacks
> ancient oak beams in churches (pray for geebee that the roof should
> not fall). Whatever that is in the roof trusses is much larger
> Here we have termites which will run a board, softwood or hardwood,
> kiln dried or not, and hollow it apart from a paper thin skin, often
> leaving the adjacent board untouched. They will not touch any live
> wood. I've just had to rip up part of a floor. Lousy job. That's what
> a digeridoo is - a termite hollowed limb (they eat the dead heart).
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 01/10/2007, at 9:11 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Since I know almost nothing about borers, treat my opinion as worth
>> what
>> you paid for it... but my thought about the beams was that it was
>> borer
>> but possibly produced while the tree was alive and the saw cut has
>> revealed the galleries.
>>
>> My only firsthand knowledge of borers is having a couple small trees
>> killed by them. I've never heard of borers attacking dried lumber
>> in a
>> house but, in this country, modern houses, at least, are
>> constructed of
>> kiln dried lumber which would kill any wild life living within.
>>
>> The floor boards also struck me as looking a bit like borer galleries
>> but, at the same time, I'm a bit amazed that they seem to run so
>> much on
>> the same plane as the saw cut. From the image I can't tell whether
>> some
>> of these tracks also plunge into the wood as I think they should
>> from a
>> randomly wandering borer. If everything seems on the surface I would
>> consider that they're simply impressions from heavy items being
>> moved on
>> and/or resting on the floor.
>
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