What kind of insects eat or bore through cedar wood??
My father built on to our lakehouse with boards of tx redwood on the inside. It has been about a year since the remodeling and this weekend they noticed sawdusl around the boards, like an insect had been boring through. I had heard that insects dont like to eat redwood. Does anyone know what could be doing this…or if it is harmful to the house??? Thanks in advance
6 Responses
Skull
27 Dec 2010
annasdad
27 Dec 2010
Termites
ants
might even be a bird or other small mammal
Steven M
27 Dec 2010
sounds like boring bees they do it every year
goodgal_not
27 Dec 2010
Yes it is harmful to your house. I have never heard of any wood a termite wouldn’t eat or wood roaches.
sptfyr
27 Dec 2010
Carpenter Bee (aka: wood bore bee) These bees are harmless to people but can do superficial damage to a structure. Rarely is the damage they do more than superficial and ugly to look at. Have you found any holes? If you find holes then you are definitely looking at carpenter bees.
Cielo
16 May 2015
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carpenter ants & carpenter bees are the only two insects that discharge sawdust.
Both are considered a wood destroying insect, May want to have the structure examined by a licensed exterminator.