So, I was sitting behind our garage apartment in one of my favorite shady spots, and I heard the faint sound of "munching" overhead. Having had this experience before, I looked down on the concrete around my feet, and saw sawdust.
Yup - the carpenter bees were back. They're actually quite fascinating, as they "drill" a hole into (usually) unpainted wood, at a very consistent distance from the edge of the wood, and a very consistent diameter.
They don't eat the wood, just chew it out and drop the sawdust below. While they're entertaining, they can be quite destructive, because, over time, they'll burrow into different directions inside the wood, somewhat similar to ants digging tunnels in the ground.
Here's the sawdust:
carpenter bee sawdust.jpg
Here's the critter:
carpenter bee at work.jpg
Here's the hole:
carpenter bee hole.jpgcarpenter bees measurement.jpg
Yup - the carpenter bees were back. They're actually quite fascinating, as they "drill" a hole into (usually) unpainted wood, at a very consistent distance from the edge of the wood, and a very consistent diameter.
They don't eat the wood, just chew it out and drop the sawdust below. While they're entertaining, they can be quite destructive, because, over time, they'll burrow into different directions inside the wood, somewhat similar to ants digging tunnels in the ground.
Here's the sawdust:
carpenter bee sawdust.jpg
Here's the critter:
carpenter bee at work.jpg
Here's the hole:
carpenter bee hole.jpgcarpenter bees measurement.jpg
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