jskeen
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I guess this is on topic, as some of this is going to end up as pens eventually. I got this chunk of hickory at a turning club raffle last month, and suspect I also got a bonus prize of the insectile variety.
Judging from the little piles of frass something is definitely gnawing on this, but I can't see what. My question is, does anybody know what, and should I try to stop them, or let them go ahead and add some interesting character to the wood?
I'm suspecting some variety of powder post beetle larve may be the culprit, and if so and it's desirable to terminate them, it should be pretty easy to drop this in an empty trashcan and fumigate it.
Judging from the little piles of frass something is definitely gnawing on this, but I can't see what. My question is, does anybody know what, and should I try to stop them, or let them go ahead and add some interesting character to the wood?
I'm suspecting some variety of powder post beetle larve may be the culprit, and if so and it's desirable to terminate them, it should be pretty easy to drop this in an empty trashcan and fumigate it.