Nuisance Firewood Pests

I recently received an e-mail message from a homeowner asking for help with small beetles found throughout their home collecting on window sills. The concerned homeowner had used online resources to “identify” the beetles as a pantry pest.

I received an e-mail message over the weekend from a homeowner asking what kind of beetles could be emerging from firewood stored in an unheated garage. I replied there were two strong candidates: painted hickory borers and banded ash borers. In response, the homeowner sent some very clear pictures yesterday: they were painted hickory borers.