Can anybody ID this?

It does look like some kind of borer. From your pic it appears this is outdoors, so I'd suggest looking straight up over that little pile. Look for a fresh hole in any wood overhead, if there is any. Then I'd check everything carefully. In my area we have carpenter bees that bore 1/4" - 1/2" holes in decks, posts, whatever they can find.
 
Thanks for the fast replys guys. There is nothing overhead of that bud site and yes its outdoors. I cant see any holes in the stem, I inspect them every morning with my coffee and a dubie and today i find this stuff. I was maybe thinking eggs from somthing?
 
It does look like some kind of borer. From your pic it appears this is outdoors, so I'd suggest looking straight up over that little pile. Look for a fresh hole in any wood overhead, if there is any. Then I'd check everything carefully. In my area we have carpenter bees that bore 1/4" - 1/2" holes in decks, posts, whatever they can find.
Brown paper bag filled with an empty milk jug. They think it's a hornets nest and they move on. I put em out every year.
 
What if you cut a slot lengthwise in the stock. If you find a worm or borer clean it out and tape stock like you would on a broken one. Just something out of the hat. Maybe treat it like HST.
 
Hay, @buckaclark, I see you think that's funny. Maybe it is. But it's no different than sticking a pencil through the main. Some people do that. A little work on the plant is better than just kissing it off and from what I've read about this plant I would try to save it. If the plant is healthy enough it should heal. (Maybe :)?)
 
Hay, @buckaclark, I see you think that's funny. Maybe it is. But it's no different than sticking a pencil through the main. Some people do that. A little work on the plant is better than just kissing it off and from what I've read about this plant I would try to save it. If the plant is healthy enough it should heal. (Maybe :)?)
No offense intended ,but I believe you are looking at some of the later pictures in this thread .The original post does not have a borer hole.To go cutting at random on the stalk is crazy talk .
 
No offense intended ,but I believe you are looking at some of the later pictures in this thread .The original post does not have a borer hole.To go cutting at random on the stalk is crazy talk .
I thought I read the whole thing, must have missed something. And, I could have worded it a little differently.
 
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