Information about Wood Boring Beetle
The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood (i.e., are xylophagous). Larval stages of some are commonly known as woodworms.
Genuine infestations are far more likely in areas with high humidity, such as poorly-ventilated crawl spaces. Housing with central heating/air-conditioning tends to cut the humidity of wood in the living areas to less than half of natural humidity, thus strongly reducing the likelihood of an infestation. Infested furniture should be removed from the house before the infestation spreads.
Methods of treatment include:
Invasion and control
Woodboring beetles are commonly detected a few years after new construction. The lumber supply may have contained wood infected with beetle eggs or larvae, and since beetle life cycles can be one or more years, several years may pass before the presence of beetles becomes noticeable. If you have an infestation of woodboring beetles, it is best to consult a professional entomologist before contacting an exterminator. In many cases, the beetles will be of a type that only attacks living wood, and thus incapable of "infesting" any other pieces of wood, or doing any further damage. In other words, only some types of beetles should be of concern to a homeowner (see list below), and exterminators may be unable or unwilling to make this distinction. Consulting an entomologist can therefore potentially save a great deal of worry and expense.Genuine infestations are far more likely in areas with high humidity, such as poorly-ventilated crawl spaces. Housing with central heating/air-conditioning tends to cut the humidity of wood in the living areas to less than half of natural humidity, thus strongly reducing the likelihood of an infestation. Infested furniture should be removed from the house before the infestation spreads.
Methods of treatment include:
- Spot application of pesticides; however, most effective insecticides are obtainable only by certified professionals.
- Freezing. Infested furniture may be wrapped in plastic and placed in walk-in freezers for several weeks.
- Fumigation.
Home-invading woodboring beetles
Some beetles invade wood used in construction and furniture making; others limit their activity to forests or roots of living trees. The following lists those beetles that are house pests.- Ambrosia beetle
- Common furniture beetle
- Deathwatch beetle
- Powderpost beetle (Anobiidae, Bostrichidae)
- Old-house borers
See also
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larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians).
The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly.
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The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly.
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Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. Most such animals are arthropods, primarily insects of various kinds, in which the behavior is quite common, and found in many different orders.
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A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including:
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- Ambrosia beetles (Platypodidae, Scolytidae)
- Bark borer beetle / Waney edge borer (Ernobius mollis)
- Common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)
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Entomology, from the Greek: entomo-/εντομο- "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and logos/λόγος, "knowledge",[1] is the scientific study of insects.
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basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Slab-on-grade buildings do not have basements. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, car park, and
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Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead trees in which they cultivate fungal gardens, their sole source of nutrition.
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A. punctatum
Binomial name
Anobium punctatum
De Geer, 1774
The common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) is a woodboring beetle. In the larval stage it bores on wood and feeds upon it.
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Binomial name
Anobium punctatum
De Geer, 1774
The common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) is a woodboring beetle. In the larval stage it bores on wood and feeds upon it.
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X. rufovillosum
Binomial name
Xestobium rufovillosum
De Geer, 1774
The death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum
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Binomial name
Xestobium rufovillosum
De Geer, 1774
The death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum
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True Powderpost beetles are a group of woodboring beetles in the insect subfamily Lyctidae and the false powderpost beetles, the family Bostrichidae. These, and other woodboring beetles Anobiidae (anobiid, Anobium punctatum (common furniture beetles), and deathwatch beetles), all
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Anobiidae
Fleming, 1821
Genera
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Anobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species bore into wood, earning the name "woodworm" or "wood borer".
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Fleming, 1821
Genera
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Anobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species bore into wood, earning the name "woodworm" or "wood borer".
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Bostrichidae
Latreille, 1802
Diversity
c. 700 species
Species
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The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species.
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Latreille, 1802
Diversity
c. 700 species
Species
See text.
The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species.
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H. bajulus
Binomial name
Hylotrupes bajulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The old-house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus) is a species of wood-boring beetle in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
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Binomial name
Hylotrupes bajulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The old-house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus) is a species of wood-boring beetle in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
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Termites, sometimes known as white ants, are a group of social insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera. (This has been challenged by recent research, see taxonomy below.
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The Formica rufa group is a sub-generic group within the genus Formica, first proposed by Wheeler. It contains the large, mound-building species of Formica commonly termed "wood ants".
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