COLUMBUS, Ohio - A
3-inch bug crawling from fire
wood you brought into your house
may sound scary, but insects that
hitchhike on firewood into homes
ate usually harmless, said Ohio
State University Extension ento
mologist Bill Lyon.
“For the most part, firewood
insects ate a nuisance only by their
presence and cause no barm to the
home, household furnishings or
humans,” Lyons said.
Wood can quickly warm a cold
room, but it can also serve as a
home for nuisance insects. People
become alarmed when they notice
sawdust pushed out of firewood,
hear faint rustling or gnawing
noises, and see insects crawl or fly
out of woodpiles, he said.
Beetles of all shapes and sizes
that bore into wood to eat and lay
their eggs ate common firewood
insects. Some ate drab, while
others are metallic or brightly col
ored. The beetles can be as short as
one-sixteenth or as long as 3
inches. However, only two of the
many beetle varieties will infest
structural or interior wood in the
house. Most wood-infesting bee
tles will not reinfest wood that is
painted, varnished, waxed or
shellacked.
Carpenter ants and termites can
inhabit wet firewood stacked on
the ground outside. But bringing in
these insects with firewood usually
will not cause infestations in the
house.
“Both are social insects, and the
colony becomes so disturbed when
the wood is moved, dried or split
that establishment indoors is very
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unlikely," Lyon said. “However,
wood stored in damp, moist base
ments or stacked on the ground
outside against the house for sever
al seasons should be avoided.”
Other pests that may be attracted
to firewood include sowbugs, pill
bugs, millipedes, centipedes, spid
ers, cockroaches, crickets, ear
wigs, and flies.
Sometimes, yellowjacket
wasps, paper wasps and bumble
bees build nests in firewood piles,
which could be dangerous to peo
ple moving or stacking firewood.
Their queens may overwinter
under firewood bark and emerge
early to fly within the house when
wood is stored in the warm
indoors, he said.
Lyon offers these tips to keep
nuisance insects out of the house:
• Store firewood outdoors in an
open area, as far away from the
house as practical, to keep away
insects and debris.
• Stack firewood off the ground
to eliminate serious soil moisture
problems that lead to wood rot and
pest problems. Stacking firewood
in loose ptiles raised off the ground,
and splitting or sawing wood into
smaller sizes, speeds drying.
• Cover wood with dark
polyurethane plastic or sheet metal
to keep it dry. During the summer
time, the area under the plastic will
build up heat, evaporating mois
ture and killing various stages of
insects and other pests within.
• Bum firewood brought
indoors immediately. Firewood
stored inside more than an hour
may warm up enough for insects to
emerge from within or under bark
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ground will become tunneled from
many woodboring insects, develop
loose bark where nuisance insects
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Always remove logs from the fore
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die quicker it will dry and become
less subject to insect infestations.
Unsplit wood with the bark left on
is very attractive to wood destroy
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If firewood is infested by insec
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it with pesticides, Lyon said. Spray
treatments applied to the firewood
surface will not 101 l woodborers
within and burning insecticide
treated firewood indoors could
Named Conservation
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Sanders will supervise the cost
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and oversee the development of
grant arrangements between
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and landowners.
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Enhancement Program. This
program provides payments to
farmers who convert certain
environmentally-sensitive lands
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the helm of our Conservation
Grants team," said Riley.
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ground, Ed brings unique
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cause a potential health h»*nwt
from the toxic chemical fumes
released into' die air.
“Any beetles or other insects
appearing inside the house can
simply be picked up with a vacuum
cleaner or broom and dustpan «nH
discarded,” he said.
For more information'about
firewood insects, call your local
office of Ohio Stale University
Extension and ask for Extension
Factsheets HYG-2065-96 and
HYG-2127-94.
insight based on practical expe
rience into the special chal
lenges Maryland farmers face in
protecting our natural resources
while maintaining a profitable
farm. I'm confident he’ll do a
great job for both agriculture
and the environment."
Sanders has worked for
MDA's Office of Resource
Conservation for just over a
decade serving as a soil conser
vation technician and planner in
the Carroll Soil Conservation
District office. Prior to joining
MDA, he worked for six years as
a full time farmer at a dairy and
grain operation in Taneytown.
He attended Millersville State
College in Pennsylvania.