Ever see those signs or bumper stickers about not moving firewood, there is a reason for it…they are often packed with insects. The picture above is a pile of logs and the ’shavings’ that are on the center log are actually Monochamus frass (i.e., longhorn beetle poop). That frass is being pushed out of the wood as the insect continues to feed in the gallery and chew its way out of the tree.

We have been splitting those logs in order to get an estimate of how many insects there are in each tree/log. You may be suprised to know that we have found any where from 1-100 larvae per 0.5 meter section of log.

You never know what you are transporting when you move firewood.

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