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catalac08
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I have had a wooden fruit bowl at home for about 20 years, just a basic turned bowl in some sort of hardwood. It always had a few old woodworm holes on the outer surface but none inside as that would have retained food debris and I would have thrown it out for hygiene reasons. Used variously as a fruit bowl, salads and last time for making pastry in about a month ago. To my horror (particularly as part of our house is timber framed) I took it from under the sink cupboard and found signs of active woodworm, fine sawdust at the exit of some holes on the outer surface.
Where could this have come from as there were no signs of any other woodworm activity in the cupboard which has a variety of wood products including hardboard, hardwood, chipboard and softwood in its construction, or having taken out the cupboard in the floorboards, skirting etc. I'm a bit hazy about the life cycle of woodworm larvae but surely the eggs or larvae could not have lain dormant in the wood bowl for 10-20 years, and survived numerous soakings when washed?
Very puzzled about this and I would be interested to hear any theories from the wood experts on here.
Where could this have come from as there were no signs of any other woodworm activity in the cupboard which has a variety of wood products including hardboard, hardwood, chipboard and softwood in its construction, or having taken out the cupboard in the floorboards, skirting etc. I'm a bit hazy about the life cycle of woodworm larvae but surely the eggs or larvae could not have lain dormant in the wood bowl for 10-20 years, and survived numerous soakings when washed?
Very puzzled about this and I would be interested to hear any theories from the wood experts on here.
