What Animal Chewed on this?!

[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?

[Topspinmo]

Looks like water damage to me? I don’t see no bit marks?

[photo1902]

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?

Termites

[vintageogauge]

Carpenter ants from up north.

[Stu from NYC]

Looks like water damage to me? I don’t see no bit marks?

Is that area moist to the touch?

[retiredguy123]

Looks like dry rot caused by moisture and fungi.

[Pessemist]

Is that area moist to the touch?

No. Dry. Outside but under roof. No water gets on it.

[Pessemist]

Looks like dry rot caused by moisture and fungi.

Wood is dry there with no evidence of any growth in the damaged area. This is furniture pressure treated and designed to be outside.

[vintageogauge]

The wood looks old. Decking is pressure treated and it rots and get's ants.

[sdeikenberry]

This does not look like termite or ant damage...if you google pics and compare it doesn't look the same. The author says it's dry. Is it soft or punky? That would be dry rot. I don't really see bite marks but it could be mice or a rat. Unlikely a rabbit would chew painted wood. Just because it's treated lumber doesn't mean it can't be affected by the moisture down here. Has it been outside a long time?

[thevillages2013]

Beaver

[La lamy]

Could be a squirrel. I've seen them go to town scratching wood.

[Two Bills]

Bobcat claw sharpener?

[Catalina36]

No it's not dry rot, water damage, termites, or ants. It definitely looks like bite marks or maybe claw marks?? I really think bite marks.
What animal? Squirrels, dogs, cats, bobcat, ???

[Carlsondm]

Put a camera on it.

[Andyb]

Dry rot, not ants

[GOLFER54]

See if one of your neighbors have splinters in their lips.

[ronjon309]

Do porcupines live in FL? They do in PA and love to chew the finish off of furniture and the plastic insulation off of wiring in your auto, but this looks more like water damage.

[GizmoWhiskers]

Termites

Had termites eat 2-3 ft high on a 2x4 wooden leg in about 3 months time. At first thought that but the location of the damage doesn't line up on second thought. They usually start bottom up in moist dirt not in the middle dry area...

[thevillages2013]

Woodchuck

[bowlingal]

woodpecker?

[Mike193534]

Dry rot?

[Bellavita]

rot bugs no bite sorry
if it is wood cut the bad part out and replace and paint

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?

[Cupcake57]

Looks exactly like when squirrels or rabbits (we never knew which but suspected squirrels) damaged our porch posts up north. Rodents need to wear down their front teeth as they keep growing. I'd try spraying with animal deterrent spray.

[Teemotay]

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?

Were there pieces of wood on the ground under the table? If so, I suspect some type of bird that feed on insects in wood.
There does not appear to be any type of chewing or gnawing marks that a rodent would make. Ants and other insects would create sawdust or tunnels in the wood.
Another post mentioned a woodpecker and that’s a pretty good guess. May not be an actual woodpecker, but some type of bird.

[RICH1]

Ground hogs!

[Regorp]

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?

Alien visitation.

[Petersweeney]

Set up a motion camera and be done with it…

[Toddy]

I agree it’s termites.

[bark4me]

I'm gonna go with squirrel

[DaleDivine]

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?

looks like a chain or rope was wrapped around it...
:clap2::clap2:

[grooms]

You said you had some epoxy work done. Could they have spilled epoxy on the wood?

[Patents111]

Looks like damage done here in Virginia by a ground hog

[Langwelld]

Looks like termites or carpenter ants. Contact a pesticide company for an opinion.

[Topspinmo]

No. Dry. Outside but under roof. No water gets on it.


If it’s outside moisture gets in. Rain around here blows sideways sometimes and humidity alone will eventually dry rot it.

[Topspinmo]

Set up a motion camera and be done with it…

It might take decades to catch dry rot?:) some of us can’t wait that long….:shocked:

[DAVES]

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?

It is hard to tell the size from the photo. I patterned stuff next to it, wallpaper, gift wrap seems to suggest it is small. "Just had the floor epoxied." In moving the furniture, it is possible the damage has been there for a long time and just went unnoticed. Was I to guess, it looks like dry rot to me. Water, plus a nitrogen source, fertilizer will quickly rot wood, particularly pine which is subject to rot. If. you take a needle, like a large sewing needle I will bet you will discover it is more rotten than what you see. It does not look strong enough to support a table. The leg probably needs to be remade or the table tossed.

[DAVES]

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?

It is hard to tell the size from the photo. I patterned stuff next to it, wallpaper, gift wrap seems to suggest it is small. "Just had the floor epoxied." In moving the furniture, it is possible the damage has been there for a long time and just went unnoticed. Was I to guess, it looks like dry rot to me. Water, plus a nitrogen source, fertilizer will quickly rot wood, particularly pine which is subject to rot. If. you take a needle, like a large sewing needle I will bet you will discover it is more rotten than what you see. It does not look strong enough to support a table. The leg probably needs to be remade or the table tossed.

[thevillages2013]

You said you had some epoxy work done. Could they have spilled epoxy on the wood?

Seriously? And then sanded it off. Okey dokey

[thevillages2013]

Wood is dry there with no evidence of any growth in the damaged area. This is furniture pressure treated and designed to be outside.

That is not pressure treated wood

[thevillages2013]

People , someone or something rubbed or chewed this “table leg”. Dry rot doesn’t just start falling apart with no abrasion and besides it is painted.

[Bridget Staunton]

Looks like dry rot, remembering our years when we had a wooden boat

[MandoMan]

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?

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.

[Nell57]

I think MandoMan nailed it.
We ordered furniture from a large furniture store here a few years ago. Delivery was delayed several months.
The delivery person told me that the furniture came from China, and they had a truck arrive that was infested with bugs.
Sometimes the termites are internal and take a while to work their way out.

[Albany]

I'm so very sorry. Apparently my puppy, Teddy, has been visiting you.

[DAVES]

Wood is dry there with no evidence of any growth in the damaged area. This is furniture pressure treated and designed to be outside.

Furniture pressure treated? They used to use copper arsenate I believe that is no longer used-not to good for people working with it or people eating off tables treated with it.
In any case the preservative does not go fully thorough every part of the lumber.
When, it is cut to length it opens untreated wood to attack.

You should not sand or burn lumber treated with copper arsenate.

[thevillages2013]

Furniture pressure treated? They used to use copper arsenate I believe that is no longer used-not to good for people working with it or people eating off tables treated with it.
In any case the preservative does not go fully thorough every part of the lumber.
When, it is cut to length it opens untreated wood to attack.

You should not sand or burn lumber treated with copper arsenate.

Once again I respond on this site with actual hands on experience. In my construction career I probably built close to 2,500 decks, arbors, gazebos and walkways/ramps using pressure treated lumber and yes it was treated with copper arsenate. We even burned scraps in fires to keep warm and to dispose of the waste. Cut it , sanded it , carried it on shoulders without a shirt on . I’m still ok

[jmaccallum]

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?

It was a rat.

[Freehiker]

Definitely polar bear.

I was a biologist for over 40 years and have see this exact same damage many times.

[dhdallas]

A crack addict from Leesburg.

[fdpaq0580]

A crack addict from Leesburg.

Aaahahahaha! You win! That is definitely the culprit.
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