[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.

Originally Posted by photo1902

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

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?

[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]

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?

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]

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?

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