Holes in Ash logs

[Ashes_Firewood]

Was stacking some logs before and noticed there's one particular batch of Ash logs that have holes in the bark and there's loads of little bugs running round on them.

 

Should I be concerned? If you look carefully on the 2nd picture near the top right hand side you can see the little bugs in question. They aren't in the house or anywhere near it, just wondering if I should get rid of those particular logs

 

[Tanat Valley Firewood]

I had the same last year when a customer brought it to my attention. I was pretty concerned but after some research it turned out to be fairly common bug that only appears once a year (thought it was slightly earlier by a month), it is short lived and stays in the bark only. If you put something like ash bark beetle onto a search engine, you will get the information you need, and of course the experts on this forum. I never had the logs back or compensated the customer, although I did offer both.

 

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[Stubby]

Id be concerned if I was one of the bugs ........

[Woodworks]

Ash bark beetle. I had a panic when I first found our logs with it but seems pretty harmless unless you are the bark of an ash tree.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Ok so it's not something that's going to spread through the timber in the house when I bring them in to burn?

 

They are only in the bark. I remember the tree these particular logs are from was one that had rotted at the bottom snapped in a storm

[Woodworks]

Don't think I had any problems once it was dry.

[Treemoose]

As said its only in the thin bark but it is annoying as it spreads through other ash logs readily and covers the logs in dust.

[Peasgood]

I think they make the holes on their way out rather than in.

[woodrascal]

We had a batch of ash last year that was infested with thousands of ash bark beetles. The windowsills inside the house were covered in the beasties for a few days - literally had to sweep them up.

 

They're apparently harmless to furniture and joists/etc but if you're delivering some infested ash to a customer, it'd probably be worth explaining the situation to them first...