Is the big damage?

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Ctwoodtick

Minister of Fire
Hearth Supporter
Jun 5, 2015
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Southeast CT; NW Maine
Just looking for some gut feeling opinions on this one. Completely by accident I noticed a floor joist in my basement that holds up the first floor. I had a very good size crack in it. The more I look at it the more I’m wondering if it could be because of any bug issue. Knowing that there’s a lot of collective knowledge on this site I wanted to put up some pictures and see what you all thought. Thank you in advance.!
 

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I should’ve mentioned above that I’m not noticing any sawdust or that sort of thing Hindi area or on top of the drop ceiling panel that was directly below it.