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Drywood Termite Frass
Copyright © 2017 Tim Robinson

Drywood Termite Frass
Sweetwater River Trail, San Diego County, California, USA
December 3, 2017
What kind of eggs are these -- some kind of beetle? I find them in huge numbers in rotten, powdery logs all the time. Do they hatch in the Spring?
Contributed by Tim Robinson on 14 December, 2017 - 10:55am
Last updated 6 September, 2018 - 9:28am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 September, 2018 - 9:28am

thinking those might be fecal pellets instead
particularly based on your comment that there are lots of them in rotten wood.
… tenebboy, 24 January, 2018 - 7:34pm

 
Fecal pellets
Really? That never occurred to me. They are so perfectly formed. Thanks.
… Tim Robinson, 25 January, 2018 - 10:50am

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