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Termites?

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I split a culm the other day and had wood powder pour out of it. The culms looked like this and I hope it is termite damage, not powder post beetle or whater it is called. Does this damage look familiar to anyone else?

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Can't help on the ID, but was this on a dead culm still attached to the plant, or a cane that you had drying somewhere?
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Alan_L wrote:Can't help on the ID, but was this on a dead culm still attached to the plant, or a cane that you had drying somewhere?
Dead cane that had been damaged when the big Walnut tree landed on it. Every chance I get I work on the mess.
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Most likely powderpost beetles. You can tell by the kind of D shaped holes on the exterior.

Termites tend not to have exit holes. They don't like exposure to the outside world.

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Akumanubis wrote:Most likely powderpost beetles. You can tell by the kind of D shaped holes on the exterior.
Considering that I'm in Southern Indiana, the idea that I have powderpost beetles is kind of scary. :shock:

For what it is worth I only found one cane like this.
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Dan, powder post beetles are very common here, you nearly always find them in native lumber from the many local sawmills - you really have to watch for it. I actually had them once eating LONG channels in sheets of the blue rigid styrofoam sheathing :roll:
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