Meet the Beetles

[osagebow]

Got a couple loads for my neighbor today, one included a chestnut oak that has been down several years. I've seen a lot of borer larvae, but never adults inside a round. 4 where jammed together in this split.

Glove fingertips visible at top for size reference.










The 2 loads we took - s 10 was kinda groaning here



soft Maple, odds/ends and some firepit wood

 

[BrotherBart]

They love you yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

[osagebow]

They love you yeah, yeah, yeah.

Only three in the pic - Ringo wandered off to a nearby mushroom

 

[BrotherBart]

He saw her standing there.

 

[BrotherBart]

Sir or madam do you see my wood
Took me hours to split
And it's filled with bugs

Maple back rider

 

[ailanthus]

I see you got that splitter you had your eye on - Nice!

 

[Applesister]

So I lit a fire
Isnt it good?
Nowegian wood?
I hope you didnt let those borers get too far.

 

[osagebow]

So I lit a fire
Isnt it good?
Nowegian wood?
I hope you didnt let those borers get too far.

Let them go on their way.Tried to convince son to take one to wife, he wouldn't
They crawled off to sleep in the bath.

 

[osagebow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontotaenius_disjunctus

Think they are this "Patent leather beetle" Good parents for an insect.

 

[Ralphie Boy]

Wow dude, I can hear that S-10 groaning all the way up here in Kentucky!