Pine Borer

[Amber Gold]

Anyone know how to control the pine borer in their sugar wood? Or is it not worth worrying about?

I have 4+ chord of cut, but not split, pine for next year. It's only been cut since May/June and there are already huge piles of sawdust everywhere. I have all the wood I need for this season and am collecting for next season, but I don't want to find out that 1/2 my pine is getting eaten by the borers.

Thanks

[wally]

good luck with that. you'll need to submerge the wood in water. alternatively, get it all cut up and split, then into covered storage.

or, don't worry about it. they don't consume that much.

[maple flats]

They just leave air channels for faster burn, not a bad thing.

[red maples]

yeah I gottem too...not a big deal. they only go after dead dieing or really stressed trees pine...as far as I know!!!

[Randy Brutkoski]

So thats what the little piles of shavings are. Do they also make a funny sound or is that something else living in my wood pile? Do they look like a big maggot? If so i saw some inside the pine when i was splitting it.

[DrTimPerkins]

So thats what the little piles of shavings are. Do they also make a funny sound or is that something else living in my wood pile? Do they look like a big maggot? If so i saw some inside the pine when i was splitting it.

Yes, you can hear them chomping away. They are very frequently mistaken for the Asian Longhorned Beetle, however they only attack weak or dead conifers.

More info at: http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/pinesawyerbeetle.htm

[red maples]

josh Do you have pine borers or larva of the pine sawyer?? pine borers are greenish if I remember right the the larva of the pine sawyers are white...Randy thats what you have that chew really loud. and leave piles of saw dust. they turn into the pine sawyer they look like ALHB. I have pinesawyers. you got in right before me.

[Amber Gold]

They're white and leave big piles of sawdust. They chew really loud.

[red maples]

yep...pine sawyer larva!!!

[Maplewalnut]

Split the pieces and watch the chickens fight to peck those little grubs out of the wood, cheap entertainment!

[brookledge]

That would be fun to see. Some times I will put one on the hot muffler to watch it squirm.
Keith