Hey folks! Had a seed hull stick to sprout. Came out of ground and seed hull was completely around leaves. Cracked seed w some pliers very gently. Two days later, a pile of what looks like sawdust?!?! What could’ve done this. Can’t see evidence of bugs. Curious
Thats pretty crazy.
Not for one minute do I think the 2 things are related.
That was not in the seed.
Looks like ejecta from a wood boring critter bug.
And your seeds must be much larger than the ones I get. I could not crack a seed with a pair of pliers and I still tie flies with 28’s
28’s holy crap kudos to you, lucky if I could do around 12 any more.
O I cheat. I have a 8x6 tie magnifier and I have repurposed ( of all things ) a differential measuring kit into a hand helper to steady as I wrap.
I have fun on micro terrestrials in my pond catching minnows on 0weight.
Put a drop of water on it and keep it wet for a while, that usually hydrates the shell enough to fall off. Occasionally you have to remove it manually, which can damage it.
After running a bunch of autos that were prone to this I found out that intervention past dampening the hull a few times a day was not working.
Nature and a little water worked better than touching it at least for me. Left alone it was very low. Try and pull on it had a pretty big fail rate ( for me )
I kinda regret checking this post now… 
Gives me the heebie jeebies thinkin of some bug sheeting out that much sawdust just crawling around!
