Beasties in logs

[Treemoose]

Hello

So I don't do a lot of logs. We probably burn 12/14 cube a year then the in laws get a few cube and other veriouse family and friends and customers that ask and I like to keep happy. Only really been doing it the past 3 years or so and have come across a few beasties along the way. Now it's fine if what I burn has holes in it but it bothers me if selling to customers. This year I have had a problem with ash. The logs get peppered with tiny holes all over the bark and make all the logs in the bag covered with dust. The holes are only in the bark and not in the wood and it's only on the ash? For my customers I want to give a quality product. Can I do anything preventative or is it just luck?

[Woodworks]

Sounds like you have ash bark beetle. Our logs get this but I explain to customers what it is and that it won't destroy their furniture and they have all been happy so far.

[Treemoose]

Sounds like you have ash bark beetle. Our logs get this but I explain to customers what it is and that it won't destroy their furniture and they have all been happy so far.

 

Thanks! I have tried to poke about with a log to try and identify one of the little critters but I can't seem to find one as yet. I wonder if they move out at a point in the year?

 

I have had wood wasp in oak before but as I was splitting it I could pull the grubs out and identify them. I would just set aside any infected logs for myself. These ash bugs seem to spread pretty easily though.

[AndyChalmers]

I have too noticed today that my log stack of ash too has tiny holes in them, never noticed them before. I best investigate further

[slack ma girdle]

Ash bark beetle, lift off the bark, and there should be the chambers that the larva created in the outer layer of the log. It should have one central one, with 6-8 channels fanning out at ninety degrees each side of the central channel