Name that bug

[kstill361]

I keep my saw in the basement, so when I was walking by to put wood in the stove, I noticed 3 of these bugs crawling around it and they can fly. Im guessing they come in with the wood thats been thrown in. Anybody got any ideas what it is?

 

[Log Splitter]

Can you help us with a picture or at least a better description of the bugs?

 

[Woodie]

I'm no entomolygist, but I'd say you probably have a bug that we're gonna need to see a picture of in order to help you out.

 

[kstill361]

Lol! Im sorry, im having trouble with the pics..

 

[2000ssm6]

May be a "woodie" bug. Those things are ugly and usually get around real slow, kinda like a 2171......

 

[Woodie]

May be a "woodie" bug. Those things are ugly and usually get around real slow, kinda like a 2171......

Pay no nevermind to young 2K here, kstill...the boy ain't properly right...

(And the bug is like the 2171 in one way...it can FLY!)

Wish I could help you out on that one, but I can't say as I've ever seen one before.

 

[Zackman1801]

its called a locust borrer, i found it on this web site...it seems that they like to burrow into trees and lay eggs but the trees then get weakened and damaged in other ways. so it looks like you have some little enemies in your basement.

http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetles_locust_borer.htm

 

[SteveH]

Yep, definitely one of the wood-boring beetles, not a bug. Won't hurt you or anything, very few of the beetles will. Well, a few are large enough [S. America, etc.] to take a serious nip of a finger, a few can blow out some burning mist that can blister skin.

 

[kstill361]

So i read they only bore in Black Locust, so my house should be ok then I hope.

 

[stihl 440]

fire

Throw' em in the fire!!! LOL I've burnt hundreds of carpenter ants in my furnace along with a lot of spiders! They get real hot real quick!LOLOLOLOL :greenchainsaw:

 

[stihl 440]

Lolololololololololol

I hope you're not the kind of guy that delights in tossing a found bug on top of the stove.




Like I do.

Maybeeee................lol :jester: :chainsawguy: :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Bowtie]

Bowtie is wrong!

That is a yellow sawfly. I have them all over my firewood, mainly they ruin my locust firewood, but they also get into other species of wood. They are harmless to dried lumber, as they only attack dead or dying trees. They swarm the Ash, Locust, and Mulberry I have in my firewood stacks. The larvaes look like skin colored ribbed little worms that bore into the wood and dig tunnels into the heartwood, completely destroying it.

TreeCo is exactly right, I am wrong. That looks like a locust borer. What I have I believe is the red headed ash borer. Here is a link of good information on wood insects.

http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0488008

 

[Bowtie]

I think you mean BowTie was right.

I wasn't sure what the insect was.

Well, looks like you nailed it. From what research I did that indeed is the Locust Borer as you stated earlier in this thread. It looks a lot like a red headed ash borer (except for the red head)

 

[Sprig]

I hope you're not the kind of guy that delights in tossing a found bug on top of the stove.




Like I do.

Beats lookin' fer 'lost bugs' :hmm3grin2orange:


:monkey:

 

[2000ssm6]

the boy ain't properly right...

Yup, sounds like something a bug would say. Perhaps a cockroach??

I will keep my 10.5 Nike ready to smash those woodie bugs:Eye: :Eye: