Wood Worm Invasion!

Kurt noticed this layer of white dust on his side of the headboard. My housekeeping isn't that bad, so he did some investigating as to the cause of the dust.
Looking up he noticed these holes in the ceiling. Actually, there were only 2 holes when he first checked 2 weeks ago. This is what it looks like when you have wood worms. It seems like our not-so-reputable contractor used untreated wood in the construction of the building. I've been making a serious effort to sleep face-down with the sheet covering me since I discovered this problem.
This is what the little destructive pest looks like. I've been finding them for the past week. They have been wandering into the bathroom & dying there. You can read up about them on the following link. This guy is only 1/2" long, but check out the head that looks like a drill bit. Today the fumigator came to spray our apartment to get rid of the problem. We are temporarily living in the upstairs spare apartment until we get our place all aired out. Having Bugs & Wood Worms are some of the fun things that come with living in a tropical climate.

The spray they use is so toxic we moved everything we could out of the apartment into a "Hotel Room" across the hall. It is so fun to move & relocate everything so it doesn't stink for the rest of our mission.....NOT!

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