This beetle occurs over much of the East and south to Georgia and Arkansas. Damaged wood cannot be used for veneer, cooperage, and furniture. Identifying the Insect. The larvae are white, legless and C-shaped. Identifying the Injury.
Damage is conspicuous in log ends.
Streaks of stain originating from the tunnels are called flagworm defects. Eggs are laid in chambers along the main tunnel where the larvae live and develop. Larval food is a white fungus that grows on the gallery walls. There are two to three generations per year. No natural enemies have been found.