I'll just leave this right here. I know this isn't the first time anyone has ever encountered something of this nature, but is for me. Pretty neat none the less.
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Ants....
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Run into them often. They seem to like Mesquite too. If it's an old colony, the adjacent wood gets colored or stained and occasionally spalted. The ants themselves are harmless,but should NOT stay in your shop --unless you like to share your wood.
And to correct the narrator, the winged one isn't the queen--but is an alate, either a drone or an Immature queen.
And to correct the narrator, the winged one isn't the queen--but is an alate, either a drone or an Immature queen.
Well, I have cut through a number of beetle larvae, probably some spiders too, but don't think there have been any ants yet. Had a friend who was turning and saw some thing sizeable come out of the piece he was turning. When it landed it started moving across the floor. Turned out to be a mouse, which his dog promptly dispatched...
robo hippy
robo hippy
I run into this business pretty often. I recommend that you immediately gift your turning to your mother-in-law to get the maximum value of your good work...and enjoy the show.
My brother in law asked me to take a cedar tree that got storm damage that he and his mother planted when he was just a wee tike. When I got it home after hauling it for over 200 miles, the first time I cut into it, I found all kinds of tunnels and large black carpenter ants. There were many thousands of them, and of course, that pretty much ruined any plans for making bowls etc from that wood. The ants had made pretty much a total mess of that whole tree trunk! It sits on my firewood pile now, and when I use the wood stove I put a piece in with the oak from time to time.
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Had a fresh cut sycamore left by the roadside by the power company in early spring.
Spalted and Had lots of holes I turned a nice bowl from it full of holes.
The collaborators/occupants of the holes were some large black wasp larvae just ready to hatch. Many where cut up along with wood
About 20 were thrown free and crawling around in the shavings. They were likely doomed to walking since the were not ready or able to pump up and dry their wings.
Spalted and Had lots of holes I turned a nice bowl from it full of holes.
The collaborators/occupants of the holes were some large black wasp larvae just ready to hatch. Many where cut up along with wood
About 20 were thrown free and crawling around in the shavings. They were likely doomed to walking since the were not ready or able to pump up and dry their wings.