Robert Jones Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Home built in 1957, this damage was on one board. Looks like shipworm damage. Of course not current, just interesting. Click to Enlarge 53.68 KB Click to Enlarge 44.71 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 More likely to be the powderpost beetle. From Wiki: Shipworms are not worms at all, but rather a group of unusual saltwater clams with very reduced shells, notorious for boring into (and eventually destroying) wooden structures that are immersed in sea water, such as piers, docks and wooden ships. Sometimes called "termites of the sea", they are marine bivalve molluscs (Eulamellibranchiata) in the family Teredinidae, also often known as Teredo Worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 The holes were way to big for beetle damage(maybe buprestid). I was thinking that possibly this wood was brought in from some location that might have been near the coast. I remember shipworm damage being on our pest licensing test, sure looks like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exploreparadise2 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I think you called it right, Robert. Shipworm tunnels are big and coated with a white, chalk-like material. The boards look like they've been reclaimed and could have been cut from old piers or shipwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Hi, I'm thinking golden buprestid larvae damage. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hi, I'm thinking golden buprestid larvae damage. I'm thinkin' you're an ass for making me google buprestid larvae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'll freely admit that I've never heard of a shipworm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 You wouldn't in KY:) Chad, did you enjoy the reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hi, I'm thinking golden buprestid larvae damage. I'm thinkin' you're an ass for making me google buprestid larvae. Come on, Bro, Ass? Is that all you've got (snicker). Ex-cop, remember. I've been called things that'd make Hitler feint. Last Thursday's house, there was an Asian long-horned beetle on the siding. I'm still wondering whether I should have picked up the phone and called WSDA. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hi, I'm thinking golden buprestid larvae damage. I'm thinkin' you're an ass for making me google buprestid larvae. Come on, Bro, Ass? Is that all you've got (snicker). Ex-cop, remember. I've been called things that'd make Hitler feint. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike "Feint"? Don't you mean "faint"? Unless Hitler had a boxing career I am unaware of... I do think that you have to admire Chad's stereotypical Northeastern frugality -- at least as it applies to language. I suspect he has the fewest words-per-post average on TIJ. Compared to some of his posts, this one is positively verbose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hi, I'm thinking golden buprestid larvae damage. I'm thinkin' you're an ass for making me google buprestid larvae. Come on, Bro, Ass? Is that all you've got (snicker). Ex-cop, remember. I've been called things that'd make Hitler feint. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike "Feint"? Don't you mean "faint"? Yeah, dat won. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmiller Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Home built in 1957, this damage was on one board. Looks like shipworm damage. Of course not current, just interesting. Click to Enlarge 53.68 KB Click to Enlarge 44.71 KB Rob That is "Teredo" shipworm boring in your pictures. This is common in 50's era lumber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipworm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmiller Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 One of my old active rain posts on the subject; http://activerain.com/blogsview/278201/ ... -my-house- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks Harold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Kubs Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I split firewood all the time that has holes/tunnels just like those all through it. I usually find the beetle larvae at some point also, about 1/2" thick & 3" long. They look a lot like the one Mike named. (I had to google it too) The holes from these things are in the lumber before the tree even gets cut down most of the time. I'm certain none the stuff I split for firewood has ever been in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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