Really small insect

[Rhianntp]

Anyone know what this bug is and how to kill them? They suddenly appeared after I put some new wood and ppl plywood in my cab overover after water damage repair. Very tiny

[wayne49]

Maybe the bugs in this link:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/235431...black-bugs

A Google image search on your image found the link.

"They are some kind of water gnats! They produce rapidly generally around the months of June and July. When an increase in warmer temperatures arise, so do these bugs! "

[nature lover]

Now this is the kind of challenge I like

when you say very small - how small is that? speck of pepper, edge(side) of penny, grain of rice, ...
definitely not a bug - it is a beetle - and a female at that - notice ovipositor at back end. the pic is blurry when I enlarge of course - but is ther a trace of color on the thorax "neck" area?
other clues to id are is it with many others or solitary and can you tell what is eating?
and are the antennae segmented?
have you seen it fly?
and is it leaving a trail - droppings or fluid?

sorry for being so detailed but I am a field biologist with OCD

[bullfrog]

It might even be new and unnamed. May I suggest "Howdoikillabug".

[nature lover]

Step on it.

[Rhianntp]

I been crushing them, but they seem infinite

[nature lover]

Oh yes that kind - I believe the are of the genus - dead beetle. I understand that they are quite delicious when sauteed in a light garlic butter. (man this social distancing cabin fever is getting to me) You might try hanging s light over a pan of very soapy water at night. That will catch a lot of them. and you might get them all in several nights.

[Sofisintown]

Anyone know what this bug is and how to kill them? They suddenly appeared after I put some new wood and ppl plywood in my cab overover after water damage repair. Very tiny

Powder Post Beetles https://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/..._sarah.jpg
You probably have to replace the plywood.

https://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/P...ywood.html

(This post was last modified: 05-22-2020, 08:56 PM by Sofisintown.)

[nature lover]

You learn something new every day - sometimes twice a day. Do you think they bored in as adults or that their eggs survive the manufacture process?

[Sofisintown]

The eggs do survive the pressure of the manufacturing process, and they hatch and bore out of the plywood. Mostly found in European or South American imported plywood.