What's eating my Honey Locust?

[Andy S.]

What a mess! Something has been boring into my HL and the dust from it is hardened on all the splits around it. Between removing the mess from other woods and sorting out the HL so I didn't bring whatever is inside into the garage it added quite a bit of time to this past weekend's wood staging chores. What is this lover of HL?

 

[Jags]

If it is a tiny, perfectly round hole about the size of the small mechanical pencil lead, it could very well be powder post beetles.
A pic would help.

Something like this?

 

[Applesister]

The longhorned beetles make the biggest holes. Like the Asian longhorn. For an opposite option.

 

[Andy S.]

Thanks for the replies. I leave and get home in the dark these days during the week (cue violins) but will take a pic this weekend. These holes are BTU-robbers in size. What has me scratching my head is that it is specific to HL. Except for the mess from the dust the other wood types are left alone. I thought there would be something like the Ash borer that went only for HL.

 

[Jags]

If they are large holes it is probably the asian longhorn beetle. But there are also several others that can make a home in your wood.

 

[brenndatomu]

What a mess! Something has been boring into my HL and the dust from it is hardened on all the splits around it. Between removing the mess from other woods and sorting out the HL so I didn't bring whatever is inside into the garage it added quite a bit of time to this past weekend's wood staging chores. What is this lover of HL?

I had the same issue with my HL, but after the wood dried out some the little buggers seemed to have moved on. You could actually hear them munching if you listened close. They sure left a mess behind!
Just think of the their holes as tunnels for extra air flow...speedy drying