This weekend I picked up a couple pieces of wood from a roadside yard cleaning pile. They weren't very large, maybe 7" in diameter and had obviously been a standing dead tree and showed some spalting. Not one to pass on spalted wood....I took it home. This evening I decided to see if this wood had enough substance left in it to turn.
While roughing the outside of the bowl I noticed some very pleasing spalting along with many worm holes, some open and some compacted. With all the varying textures, this could be an interesting bowl.....
After reversing the bowl and about an inch into the inside, I came across a large hole in the center of the bowl. When I stopped the lathe, I discovered this large grub! I carefully turned down to expose more of him and was able to extract him intact. He was about 2 inched long and half inch in diameter at the head.....
I don't know what kind of wood this is...