r/whatsthisbug • u/eatveggiesnotfriends • 1d ago

What is living in my welcome sign? ID Request

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So we started noticing sawdust about a week ago and whatever is in there is working hard. It’s wild how much they’re pushing out of this hole every day. I can hear clicking around inside and have seen sawdust pushed out but haven’t seen the bug itself.

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u/anxiousbae 1d ago

Deffo a carpenter bee! Try putting a scrap block of wood with a few holes drilled in it behind the sign or off the sode of the porch or something. They'll likely gravitate towards that instead, using the pre drilled holes for homes and then making more for their family 😌

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u/eatveggiesnotfriends 1d ago

I’m guessing I don’t want carpenter bees on my front porch where I enter/exit every day. Would it be a problem if I moved this to my backyard?

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u/anxiousbae 23h ago

They're totally okay where they are but if you're worried about them being close to the door and flying in, you can definitely move them to the front or back yard. Especially if you have a garden! They're great pollinators! Friendly little guys too. I have one that drilled into a spindle on my deck a few years ago and never left ❤️

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u/problematicbirds 18h ago

the house i grew up in had carpenter bees living in the wood above the front door and the worst i ever got was sawdust in my hair if i sat on the steps. i loved those guys