Get A Woodpecker for Natural Woodworm Treatment

July 30th, 2010 Posted in Wood Damaging Pests

Since the 1940s, the animated cartoon character Woody Woodpecker has been entertaining audiences with screwball plots and sight gags.

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And although Woody was based on an Acorn Woodpecker, a type of bird that eats a diet heavy in acorns, he is in the same species as other woodpeckers which choose a diet rich in the larval stage of certain woodboring beetles, called woodworms.

Interested to read about which woodpecker could work in your yard as a natural woodworm treatment?



Which Woodpecker is a Natural Woodworm Treatment?

Appropriately named, some woodpeckers use their unique pointed bill to poke holes into the bark of trees, making a hammering noise.

But what exactly are woodpeckers doing when they peck?

When certain species of woodpeckers are drilling holes into the wood of trees, they are actually hunting for their favorite food — woodworms.

By using their sticky tongues to grasp insects from the center of the tree, these 2 types of woodpeckers work as a great natural woodworm treatment.

1. Hairy Woodpecker

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Found in mature forests, orchards and parks, the Hairy Woodpecker feeds on wood-boring insects, berries and seeds.

The Hairy Woodpecker:

  • Typically measures to be 8 1/2 – 10 inches in length
  • Has black and white upperparts
  • Sports a pure white underpart
  • Has black and white stripes on its face

You can attract the Hairy Woodpecker to your yard by offering black oil sunflower seeds and suet.

2. Downy Woodpecker

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Measuring in as one of the smallest, the Downy Woodpecker is 2 inches shorter than its look-alike Hairy woodpecker.

The Downy has:

  • A bill that’s about 1/2 as long as its head
  • Black wings that are speckled with white spots
  • A white back and underpart

Living in open woodlands, orchards, parks and backyards, the Downy Woodpecker loves to feed on wood-boring insects like woodworms.

Attract these birds by providing suet for them.

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If your woodworm problem is too much for even the hungriest of woodpeckers to handle, try checking out another natural woodworm treatment.



Keep Your Woodpeckers Safe With Another Natural Woodworm Treatment


One way to treat a woodworm problem without hurting your trees (or a hungry woodpecker) is by using a product that implements the same safety technologies a tree naturally produces to protect itself from insects and pathogens.

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Composed of effective combinations of organic plant oils, EcoSMART works in a similar way a tree does in self-protection against woodworms.

This patented technology targets and blocks neurotransmitter receptors found only in insects, and leaves your tree and hungry woodpeckers safe.

Try to treat your trees and sheds in the spring between March and May, as this is the time woodworms are closest to the surface.



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  3. By woodworm on Dec 10, 2010

    Hey..this is really funny. Though it is a good way to get rid of woodworm but how one can get rid of woodworm if they have attacked the furniture in the house. They produce a lot of sound so it is very difficult to keep them in the house.

    Thanks a lot for the post and the qualitative information that you have posted.

  4. By berry on Sep 10, 2011

    Thanks for the info. I learned a lot about woodpeckers that I didn’t know before. I’m going to start putting out black oil sunflower seeds and suet.

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