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Originally Posted by Pessemist
We live in Village of Belle Aire. I just had our porch epoxied and discovered that just one leg of a small table looks like it has been chewed. No other furniture touched. Any ideas? Have Not even seen a squirrel in the yard. Did see some rabbits awhile back. Trying to figure out animal that did this?
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If you look at my blowup of your photo, you will see an opened tunnel and a hole. It looks like the chair leg was made with wood that was already partly rotting and perhaps infested, as with many dead trees—insect kills—cut in state and federal forests. If the wood was wet inside and then painted, the rot will increase, and that can draw insects, some of which only gnaw on already punk or rotted wood. I don’t think this is carpenter ants—too small. It might be termites. Another possibility is Powder Post Beetle, which may have been in the wood for years. Get rid of the chair, definitely, and possibly have your house checked for termites.