{"id":3928,"date":"2010-12-21T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:41:12","slug":"5019e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5019e\/","title":{"rendered":"Firewood and Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pest Management Fact Sheet #5019<\/h3>\n

James F. Dill, Pest Management Specialist
\nClay A. Kirby, Insect Diagnostician<\/em><\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/h3>\n

Most of the insects that travel into homes on firewood create only a minor nuisance. Many insects, including flies, mosquitoes, wasps and earwigs, overwinter in spaces in and under bark of logs. Some insect-like animals, such as sowbugs, millipedes and spiders also \u201chitchhike\u201d a ride on firewood. These hitchhikers can include gypsy moth eggs; hatching larvae create a nuisance. Other insects, such as bark beetles, infest firewood by living under the bark or boring into the wood. The trouble starts when the warmth of indoors signals that it is time to begin spring activities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t