some sort of insect?

Chester4 · #1 05-05-2006, 11:28 AM

There is some sort of insect eating away at my pine furniture leaving either eggs or/and dust.. I always thougth it was termites but was told by my maid that it was not termites and that it is impossible to get rid of these insects... just wondered if there is anyone else having the same problem and if they know what can be done.

macocael · #2 05-05-2006, 11:59 AM

Well, what do they look like?

Mirador · #3 05-05-2006, 12:13 PM

Your cheap pine crate furniture is infested with 'comejente' (as a young neighbor use to say)...

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Stodgord · #4 05-05-2006, 12:33 PM

They are called Calcoma.

Bugs in furniture are called calcoma
Bugs in bed are called chincha
Bugs in rice or beans are call gorgojos
Bugs in people hair are call piojos
Bugs in pubic hair are call ladilla

Mirador · #5 05-05-2006, 12:52 PM

If the damage looks like this, then it is woodworm (carcoma), and there are several products on the market to treat infected wood...

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azabache · #6 05-06-2006, 10:02 PM

...not such a bad deal. Here in the USA we have to pay extra for the furniture maker to drill those little holes.

canadian bob · #7 05-09-2006, 07:27 PM

You got termites !!!! Virtually impossible to get rid of & they spread like H..l!
If you discover a remedy, I'll go into business with you & make a bundle...
Canadian Bob.

Chester4 · #8 05-10-2006, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by canadian bob

You got termites !!!! Virtually impossible to get rid of & they spread like H..l!
If you discover a remedy, I'll go into business with you & make a bundle...
Canadian Bob.

Thanks Canadian Bob .... If I discover a remedy I'll let you know. Yes, I know these termites love Pine. I hate Pine. This is not my furniture but belongs to my rented house.

Mirador · #9 05-10-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Chester4

Thanks Canadian Bob .... If I discover a remedy I'll let you know. Yes, I know these termites love Pine. I hate Pine. This is not my furniture but belongs to my rented house.

Chester4, here's a lead for further research... Years ago, every day my bedroom closet floor would wake up to mounds of wood dust produced by termites, woodworm, carcoma or whatchamacallit bugs eating away at the wood lined closet and shelves. I tried different commercial bug sprays, with no success. The problem seemed to be getting worse and worse. Then one day, I was given a large pack of assorted incense sticks from India, and I stashed them away on a shelf inside the closet. Low and behold! the wood dust on the floor dissapeared. I decided to leave the incense in the closet... The bugs never came back.... Coincidence?

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attenewg · #10 05-10-2006, 10:20 PM

Seriously, if they are termites, there is some kind of dusting powder that you can buy in the DR to kill them. I don't know the name of it but all is not lost. I think this stuff is poisonous but it does work. It is used a lot in the campo to kill termites on trees.