Worm or bug

[goose63]

Ok just what do I have here ?
 

 

I can find it 3 to 5 inch deep in my red pine

[69bronco]

We call them pine bores around here, destructive little devils! Bark on + summer heat really gets there appetite going.

[goose63]

69 the only pine I have here is pine logs were thy in the logs wnen i got the logs or did thy just show up here

[1ruralmailman]

around here they show up in the summer,once it gets warm if you have pine or spruce laying with the bark on,its like a buffet dinner.only way i know to keep them from showing up is get the bark off,so the wood can start to dry.

[DYank]

Fish Bait

[Magicman]

Taste like chicken.   

I have made many folks, especially children, scream and run when I pop one in my mouth.  Their reaction gives me time to spit in into my hand and they think that I have swallowed it.  Works every time.   

[MbfVA]

Ugh, really really gross, MM.
 

 I've seen bugs that look somewhat like that in hardwood around here; one larva looks like another without a magnifier & appropriate scientific expertise.

Frankly after the bit of sawmilling I have done, a fair number of trees cut down/cutup over time, I am amazed at the creatures that survive the mechanical processes we put the wood through and manage to show themselves to us alive.

 You've inspired me to start collecting some photos.

[Stuart Caruk]

Shoot, and to think I've been actually eating them all this time. An old bugger convinced me they were good eating. Took a while to acquire a taste...