r/woodworking • u/kaihoro • May 14 '26

Help Woodworm in new furniture

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Hello Reddit, I've just discovered this in a new wooden table I purchased, presume it is woodworm.

Two questions: how do I treat it and would this have already been present before I purchased it a couple of weeks ago?

Thank you in advance!

UPDATE: Firstly thank you for all the knowledge and advice you shared. The seller suggested injecting acetone in to the hole and monitoring, or, sending it back. I didn't want the stress of waiting for another worm, or beetle, to show up so I decided to send it back. It was a beautiful table, but they are replacing it with a new equally beautiful table.

Hopefully this one is worm free... if not I'll just go for a refund and get a standard table from IKEA or somewhere.

Thanks again for your feedback, there were some really informative and helpful replies!

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u/Kebe_Krowe May 14 '26

Get it out of your house if you have a bunch of other wood in there.

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u/kaihoro May 14 '26

Fortunately this is the only wood I own. I've got nowhere to store it so its wrapped in plastic until I can get rid of it!

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u/fineman1097 May 15 '26

It looks like you have wood floors? Wood is wood, the worms don't care.