Thread: pin hole borer

EEEooouchhh!!

One way is to cut away the sapwood and get rid of it asap.

Another way is to be very liberal with the surface/flyspray or turpentine. I don't know how good this is for the eggs, probably not very good to be honest, but it does seem to clear the surface critters away.

You can also buy anti-borer solution to treat the timber- have no idea what it may be called though .

And wear good protection when working with it due to the chemicals you may have applied to the timber

there was a thread somewhere about borers and camphor laurel.....

have you had any luck searching the forum for borers?

cheers
Wendy

No I haven't found much on the forum regarding "infestations"; but thanks for your advice; I think I'll get a couple of insect bombs and "bomb" the whole garage; then remove the silky oak to outside, undercover, and watch it for a while... regards, Luckyduck

Originally Posted by LuckyDuck

No I haven't found much on the forum regarding "infestations"; but thanks for your advice; I think I'll get a couple of insect bombs and "bomb" the whole garage; then remove the silky oak to outside, undercover, and watch it for a while... regards, Luckyduck

Good move. Timber stored under the house is asking for trouble.

Originally Posted by LuckyDuck

No I haven't found much on the forum regarding "infestations"; but thanks for your advice; I think I'll get a couple of insect bombs and "bomb" the whole garage; then remove the silky oak to outside, undercover, and watch it for a while... regards, Luckyduck

Do it the other way round Ladyduck. Get the timber away from any other timber and try to burn all the affected bits. Be VERY suspicious any time you find piles of sawdust that are not of your own making

I've seen Government Quarantine blokes fumigate lots of times. The timber is stacked with lots of ties between layers to allow fumes in between . Make sure most faces of the timber are exposed to air flow. A couple of coverings of black plastic sheeting are wrapped over, with the bottom of all four sides flat out on the ground.

The four bottoms of the sheets are then piled all along with wet sand, and the fumes inserted by way of hose, or one of those bomb cans. It is all left for a few days or whatever the poison requires to kill of the nasty nibblers.

Make sure there are no naked flames or fridges in the area if you use flammables. Fridges cutting in can send out a tiny spark and blow your cover so to speak.

if the holes are at right angles to the direction of the grain, its pinhole,if they emerge out of the end grain as well,its lyctid borer(more likely up your way) definately cut off the sapwood from the silky and burn it.the barstards love the stuff!they are most active during the warmer months, and will normally only emerge once a year. so now is the time to do it.

thanks guys for the advice and information on what to do