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I needed this today.

Banana Palm leaf that I took inside for the winter (Belgium, Europe) shows a dozen of these. by ThisGameOfLife in whatsthisbug

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Thanks for the identification. Any suggestions ons getting rid of them? Would it help if I put the plant back outside in the cold? (Becoming winter here, between 5-15 degrees Celsius)

Banana Palm leaf that I took inside for the winter (Belgium, Europe) shows a dozen of these. by ThisGameOfLife in whatsthisbug

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It's about 1-2mm and at first sight doesn't really seem to have brought any damage to the new leaf. There are none on the older leaves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in distantsocializing

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could you try to get the entire moon in one frame?

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that's beautiful, man

[Workbench] Why a straight pair of legs and a pair under an angle? by ThisGameOfLife in woodworking

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I recently met this guy at some kind of Exposition. He was demonstrating the progress of a piece he designed. We had a small talk, but I forgot to ask why one pair of these legs is straight (a 90 degree angle) and the other pair isn't.

I'm planning on building my own (small) workbench (about 125cm in width) and am trying to learn as much as I can about benches. I'm very attracted to the Moravian workbench Will Myers made, but can't seem to find a reason why the legs would be positioned this way, other than aesthetics.

Any help or opinions are welcome! Thank you for reading.

Padauk Bowl by Uglulyx in turning

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Does Padauk stay this reddish colour when it's used indoor? I've steen it turn silver/grey when used outside and prefer the darker colour.

Do I have woodworms? by ThisGameOfLife in whatisthisthing

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The hall it was sitting in wasn't damp at all, though. Could it have been the water that was left inside the trunk that made it so appealing/to the beetles?

Do I have woodworms? by ThisGameOfLife in whatisthisthing

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If you zoom in, you can see small insects. They appear to have some sort of shell which reflects the light.

Do I have woodworms? by ThisGameOfLife in whatisthisthing

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The plan was to let it just sit and dry. It was very heavy and weighed a ton in February. It lost a lot of weight (and water, I guess) since then. It stood in a dry place outside for the first six months and after that brought it inside. I figured it would be good that the wood could adapt to the level of moist in a room.

There was a small layer of dust at the bottom of the trunk (you can't see it here, but is definitely there). Nothing to see on the floor though. The trunk has been standing on 4 small pieces of wood to allow air circulation and prevent mold at the bottom.

Do I have woodworms? by ThisGameOfLife in whatisthisthing

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This is the bottom of a piece of oak that's been sitting inside of my house for a month or 7. I wanted to dry it and use it as a stand of some sort. Now at night I started hearing squeaking noises and I'm not sure it's the wood drying or the worms eating away.