Bugs in Ash???

[SJH]

Its ok mate.

[log_hauler]

I`m sure that this must have been covered before but I received some ash recently and it appears to have or had something burrowing into it ... would this be a problem to bring into the house?

 

If in doubt - don't bring it your house unless you are about to burn it. I don't think this is wood worm as they burrow deep into the hard wood. Peel back the bark and look for the galleries. I have seen these shothole beetles on newly felled ash this summer also.

[baz]

I had a lot of ash trunks with identical holes but never noticed any larvae/beetles or signs of their burrows on cutting/splitting. I did notice a few logs that I took out of store this weekend were covered in little black bugs. I swiped them all, should have run for the microscope I know to see if they are the Ambrosia Beetle. It's an interesting article but doesn't say when the larvae hatch, I guess if it's about now then that'd be my beetles.

 

They seem to burn OK though.