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What kind of beetle?

Effects · 2014-02-10 19:45:30

I'm just getting around to cutting up an ash tree that came down in a storm in 2008. It was around a hundred years old. It had rotted on the inside and was quite hollow. While splitting some of the pieces I came across these beetles. They are about 1cm long and didn't really move when I discovered them. Has anyone any idea…

10-02-2014 8:45pm

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I'm just getting around to cutting up an ash tree that came down in a storm in 2008. It was around a hundred years old. It had rotted on the inside and was quite hollow. While splitting some of the pieces I came across these beetles. They are about 1cm long and didn't really move when I discovered them. Has anyone any idea what they are? Is it a bad idea to put the wood into my wood shed to season in case they infect/eat the rest of the wood?

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#2 10-02-2014 11:13pm

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Looks like a lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
It just eats dead wood and will have an insignificant effect on your dead timber.

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