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We are finding strange stuff around the frame of our bathroom door. It looks almost like ground coffee, and has no discernible smell. It's getting out of hand: we cleaned it up yesterday and this much has showed up again today:

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There is nothing above or around the frame where this could have come from: no holes or cracks.

Is this the work of some form of woodworm, termite, or some other animal?

We live in a hot, arid climate on the Canary Islands.

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  • Brew up cup and try it. MMMMM Termite dung coffee :) ( Just a joke, do not do that ).
    – Alaska Man
    Commented Sep 15, 2019 at 18:45

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I'm not a pest control specialist but that's got insect written all over it, and given the proximity to that wooden architrave/post/whatever-it-is I'd be worried about termites or some other wood boring critter. Call an exterminator post haste.

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    I agree, that looks like dry-wood termite excrement. They make "dump holes" in the galleries they carve out while munching away at your woodwork. Zap em with Term-Out.
    – Jimmy Fix-it
    Commented Jul 29, 2014 at 4:17
  • Definitely termites. Do a google image search for "termite excrement"
    – Handy Man
    Commented Aug 2, 2014 at 11:13
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Its termite droppings. No smell cuz it's pretty much sawdust

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  • Carpenter ants are another possibility.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Aug 13, 2022 at 15:57

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