Wood boring bug id?

[oasispta]

Any ideas? found a big hole 4-5mm and a load of fresh dust. It was a piece of deadwood and when I split it, these fell out. Cheers

[MATTMOSS]

Urocerus gigas - giant wood wasp. possibly ?

[apexarb]

Any ideas? found a big hole 4-5mm and a load of fresh dust. It was a piece of deadwood and when I split it, these fell out. Cheers

Not wood wasp they have yellow legs, not sure but they look like fly

[treecreeper arb]

I think these episyrphus balteatus..I suggest that they were not responsible for the hole,but were simply residing in there,perhaps for winter,and died...they are a hover fly which are nectar feeders.may well be wrong,but that's my theory.

[Bearded Munch]

Looks like a type of Hoverflie

[oasispta]

A better picture

[oasispta]

Would make sense, but for the fresh dust under the hole, indicating something had entered or exited recently? Confused.com only been paying attention to it as my wood stacks have been infested by powderpost beetle :-(

[farmer rod]

Would make sense, but for the fresh dust under the hole, indicating something had entered or exited recently? Confused.com only been paying attention to it as my wood stacks have been infested by powderpost beetle :-(

 

what type of wood did you find them in, and how old?? not that I can id them, just curious

[MATTMOSS]

what type of wood did you find them in, and how old?? not that I can id them, just curious

 

This should have been the first question

[oasispta]

Not sure. It was mixed in with a load of oak, but this piece was that dried I couldn't say for sure. No bark etc. in terms of ID though, my hat goes off to treecreeper. No prize unfortunately :-)