wood eating insect identification

09-06-2009, 11:38 PM	#1
autx790 Member   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 233	wood eating insect identification Can anyone identify the insect I have attached pictures of. They are found throughout my framing, mostly dried up and flaky on the outside of the wood, and have done a good bit of damage. They are maroon, look like little red beans (the size of jelly beans) and open like clams. Attached Thumbnails       Last edited by autx790; 09-06-2009 at 11:44 PM.

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09-07-2009, 08:20 PM	#2
Thurman Household Handyman   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Albany, Ga. Posts: 2,210	wood eating insect identification I'm certainly no Entomologist (bug expert) but those look to me to be African Road egg shells, or so I was taught. I see them a lot here in S. GA. but am not familiar with the damaged wood near them. Hopefully someone will kick in here with a better answer and teach us both on this. Thanks, David

09-10-2009, 10:21 PM	#3
autx790 Member   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 233	wood eating insect identification I've never heard of those and can't find anything googling that, so I don't know. My dad said he's seem them but that they don't seem to eat wood but just live on wood like barnacles. So maybe termites were eating the wood and they just happened to be there now.

09-11-2009, 07:58 AM	#4
Maintenance 6 gravity always wins   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 2,387	wood eating insect identification Check this link. Some of the damage looks similar. http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/wood-attk.php

09-17-2009, 09:02 AM	#5
autx790 Member   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 233	wood eating insect identification My termite guy came by and said those are roach eggs. The wood damage that just so happens to be around them is from powder post beetle and drywood termites. sure enough... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...I9yetwelg_23DQ