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Camponotus sp.
Bore holes from, I think, insects in a tall tree stump. Looking at it, I thought the insects took up residence after the tree was already a stump. And that, after they were established, part of the side of the stump was torn away, exposing the tunnels. Just a hypothesis ...
Spotted on Nov 30, 2013
Submitted on Dec 2, 2013
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ID update. This tall stump is on friends' property. I spoke with them over Christmas and can now supply a genus-level ID. It's an abandoned carpenter ant nest. Camponotus has more than 1,000 species, so that may be as good as it gets ...
Also keep an eye for bees peeking out of the holes. They usually hibernate in the holes in winter. You might have to wait till it warms up.
Hmm, yeah. Next time I'm near this stump, I'll look at the undamaged side and top. And ask a couple of questions ...
here are some I spotted. They are such perfect circles that they seem artificially drilled.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/373...
Ah! Now there's a thought ... thanks, Jemma, I'll follow that one up.
did you say tunnels? it could be made by carpenter bees.
Yes, I had a spotting of peck-holes in a Bradford pear trunk that turned out to be made by Yellow-bellied sapsuckers. But these are deeper ... tunnels, I think.
do you have Sap Suckers?