Wood Boring Worms Look Like Tiny Evil Aliens

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Wood Boring Worms Look Like Tiny Evil Aliens

Kev was splitting wood today, when he stopped to bring me something he’d found. To back up for a moment, if you have a wood-burning stove then you may have noticed how certain woods — in this case, mesquite — can have these weird “tunnels” bored through them.  I had never given what caused them a second thought … until today.

This freaky little creature, the larvae of the Metallic Wood Boring Beetle, is the culprit.

Wood Boring Worms Look Like Tiny Evil Aliens

Wood Boring Worms Look Like Tiny Evil Aliens
click to enlarge; via Urban Rancher / TAMU

The Wood Boring Beetle Larva reminds me a little too much of this alien.

Wood Boring Worms Look Like Tiny Evil Aliens
image of the Alien

Perhaps they are distant cousins. =P

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