white worm in red oak tree?

[billz]

I cut down a red oak tree that has been dead for several years. When I started to split it I'm finding white wormy bugs.
Anyone know what they are?

 

[weatherguy]

Not sure what they are but I think I saw bear Grylls eat one.

 

[wood-fan-atic]

Almost ALL of the wood-boring beetle larvae look alike. You would really have to be a 'worm-a-nol-o-gist' to tell them apart. It could be almost anything - powderpost beetle,ALB, or one of another billion varieties of beetles that love to lay their eggs in the bark or pulp-wood of our beloved hardwood trees. Don't worry - you can't really hear them screamin' when you toss 'em in the fire......well, maybe a little screamin'. ;-P
We all have 'em. Unfortunately, they're a part of our wood burning world ,now.

 

[krex1010]

I know what they are, they are bait that's what. When I was younger I used to try all kinda of things for bait and I remember finding a few logs with worms like that next to a stream, the trout hammered those white grubs.

 

[raybonz]

I've seen loads of them under the bark.. The birds love them so I make sure I toss them...

Ray

 

[killick]

waz, not sure what they are but we have 'em here too. mainly under the bark and in the sapwood.

Earl

 

[firefighterjake]

Almost ALL of the wood-boring beetle larvae look alike. You would really have to be a 'worm-a-nol-o-gist' to tell them apart. It could be almost anything - powderpost beetle,ALB, or one of another billion varieties of beetles that love to lay their eggs in the bark or pulp-wood of our beloved hardwood trees. Don't worry - you can't really hear them screamin' when you toss 'em in the fire......well, maybe a little screamin'. ;-P
We all have 'em. Unfortunately, they're a part of our wood burning world ,now.

I hope that's not the larvae of a powder post beetle . . . PPBs leave very, very small holes in the wood . . . if that is a PPB I think it would be the Godzilla of the Powder Post Beetle world.

 

[Badfish740]

I found the same exact thing in some pin oak I just stacked a few weeks ago. They look like the kinds of grubs you find in the lawn.

 

[RAY_PA]

grub...aka: Ice fishin' bait

 

[smokinj]

grub...aka: Ice fishin' bait

Agree!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Beetle larvae. Count the hairs on it's ass to figure out which type... seriously, that's how to tell which one it is.

If it was C shaped it would have been from a scarab beetle of some sort like a japaneese beetle.

Matt

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Almost ALL of the wood-boring beetle larvae look alike. You would really have to be a 'worm-a-nol-o-gist' to tell them apart. It could be almost anything - powderpost beetle,ALB, or one of another billion varieties of beetles that love to lay their eggs in the bark or pulp-wood of our beloved hardwood trees. Don't worry - you can't really hear them screamin' when you toss 'em in the fire......well, maybe a little screamin'. ;-P
We all have 'em. Unfortunately, they're a part of our wood burning world ,now.

I hope that's not the larvae of a powder post beetle . . . PPBs leave very, very small holes in the wood . . . if that is a PPB I think it would be the Godzilla of the Powder Post Beetle world.

I agree with Jake!

 

[billb3]

might be Enaphalodes rufulus (red oak borer)
quite common here.
From what I've read and heard carpenter ants use their galleries to infest a tree.

 

[ecocavalier02]

Not sure what they are but I think I saw bear Grylls eat one.

+1. lol good eating. i see them a lot underneath the bark of oak