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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> Very likely some sort of borer, belonging in the beetle family.
...

> As to the sounds they make, adults make some sort of crunching/chewing
> sound (depends on species) and most of the larvae (both those phases are
> destructive) usually make some sort of clicking sound, some sharp and
> others duller.  Most of them prefer the pine family but I've seen borers
> in lots of species of wood.

Thanks for the clue. They do make a crunching noise, and there is a
little pine mixed in the wood pile.

I'll do some digging ala Gene and see what I find.

Rob - Va