Post #557498 by Benzart on Sat, Oct 2, 2010 4:09 PM

Amate, you Can't assume the worms are inactive, they will live in that wood a long time. When or if you find one, you'll see a worm anywhere from an inch to a few inches long and they have a kind of Hammer looking head that's all jaws. They live in the wood until they finally change into the beetle type that laid the eggs under the bark. Killing them is difficult, Freezing them is the best way. Wrap a couple plastic bags around him and stick him into a freezer large enough to hold him and leave him there a couple days at least. The exterminators can put him into a room for fumigation items but they charge an arm and a leg and aren't always effective.
Kerosene of diesel fuel works too but you gotta soak it in really deep.

IF you Don't kill them, they will come out some day and if the tiki is sitting on a wood floor they will eat right into it or what ever else wood it's standing on.
I've met these little bastards before and also had a customer meet them after they ate into their TV....