I would expect that wood-boring beetle frass and termite frass to be very different indeed, depending on whether or not the material was chewed off, or consumed and digested and defecated. Even if both kinds were products of defecation, probably the digestive flora in each insect is very different.
On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:08 PM Angelica Isa-Adaniya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > I have a conundrum I hope you can help me with. I have these > archaeological gourds (light brown in colour - example image attached) that > seem to have been treated with some sort of wood preservative in the past, > the carcinogenic-y types - normally aimed at termites as far as I know. I > suspect this only because I can smell it and recognise it rather than > because there is any documentation anywhere to prove it. > > Regardless of the chemical, the objects have been infested by both > termites and beetles in the past. The strange thing, though, is that the > beetle frass comes out the same colour as the gourd, but the termite frass > comes out black as night. I have no idea why this might be other than the > chemicals affecting the termite digestion processes? Thank you for any > ideas you might have on this or similar things you may have seen. > > Kind regards, > Angelica > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjV77QTCZMwHN%3DW0XHXf6poxGspVNPH%3D9284FLk7OO22Hw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAAJvYjV77QTCZMwHN%3DW0XHXf6poxGspVNPH%3D9284FLk7OO22Hw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CA%2Bqio8WMG6qzYX%2BuUyce%3D8L2fmpdzAcqGwQk8uitwDL5jSZSEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
