Warning gas eating bug fire hazard!!!

[dclifton]

Holy chit makes me not want to eat corn..... That beetle scene in Mummy or whichever movie it was comes to mind...

[dclifton]

Whats gunna happen to the plastic tanks on everyones cars and trucks?

[Txhunter3000]

I'm glad I saw this.

[lilavidhunter]

That’s Crazy

[Shane]

I've never heard of such. That's crazy! I wonder if ethanol-free gas is safe from them??

https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles/bneely/articles/page1608073218339

[S-3 Ranch]

It’s definitely time to go back to true gasoline, F ethanol
I wonder if the epa gives me a pass when they bore into some and we have a leak or spill

[texan16]

Sum beech, that is not good. I kept waiting for the punch line, but I guess it isnt coming. Gonna check all my jugs this afternoon.

[GarGuy]

I contacted the county extension agent. They plan to get the word out via news media.

[bullhead44]

This world gets crazier every day. You would think the gas would kill them.

[GarGuy]

I've never heard of such. That's crazy! I wonder if ethanol-free gas is safe from them??

https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles...e1608073218339

I dunno... they ate mom's welcome matt and a bottle of bar and chain oil. Pretty sure no ethanol in those.

[GarGuy]

Whats gunna happen to the plastic tanks on everyones cars and trucks?

And lawn mowers, and boats, etc

[Shane]

I dunno... they at mom's welcome Matt and a bottle of bar and chain oil. Pretty sure no ethanol in those.

Wow. I was hoping to learn that they couldn't survive very far north, but what I just read says they've been found as far north as Pennsylvania. They'll be at my house too before long, I guess.

[flywise]

Almost beyond belief! How in the hell does gas not kill these things? Crazy

[BrandonA]

Steve this may need to be ordered

https://bugspray.com/camphor-shoot-borer-spray.html

[jerp]

Yet another consequence of the ethanol boondoggle!

They are strongly attracted to vapors given off by gasoline, because of the high ethanol content of modern formulations. Ethanol is commonly released by stressed and dying trees and serves as a powerful attractant for insects, such as the camphor shot borer, that attack stressed trees. This has resulted in an alternative common name for the species, gasoline beetles, for their habit of boring into gasoline tanks and hoses by mistake. Mysterious, BB-sized holes began appearing in plastic gasoline containers and fuel lines of small engines shortly after the discovery of camphor shot borers in Louisiana. Close inspection revealed that many of these holes were plugged by the dead bodies of the female beetles. Such incidents create fire and environmental hazards because of leakage of fuel, often only discovered during fuel transfers. At least one case of near stranding in the Gulf of Mexico was reported from Florida after beetles bored holes through marine fuel lines