The eucalyptus horny beetles are already working on the wood. They chew tunnels about 1/2 inch wide under the bark. When you have a pile of freshly cut eucalyptus firewood, you can soon hear them munching away.

When I moved in here, you almost never saw a eucalyptus leaf with bug damage - now it's just like in Australia, you rarely see a leaf that hasn't been munched on. somebody must have brought over a live tree - they were originally all from seed.