The common furniture beetle or common house borer anobium punctatum is a woodboring beetle in the larval stage it bores in wood and feeds upon it.
Common furniture beetle images. Treating common furniture beetle infestations homeowners suspecting common furniture beetle activity such as the evidence of 1 8 holes in wood and frass sawdust piles created by common furniture beetle pupae boring through wood are advised to contact a professional pest control company. The common furniture woodworm beetle anobium punctatum is a wood boring beetle measuring 2 7 4 5mm in length and has a brown ellipsodial body with a pronotum resembling a monk s cowl. The treatment in step 4 will only knockdown beetles in the home and not beetles in the wood. They are also the cause of woodworm in many wooden items.
The most common form of woodworm beetle is the common furniture beetle. Woodworm beetle 1 common furniture beetle. Wild wood is wet and subject to fungal and microbial attack so cfb can thrive within the timber. Luckily the treatment for carpet beetles is the same no matter which species you have.
As its name suggests the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum can damage wooden structures and furniture. Their larvae can chew through fabric damaging clothing furniture coverings and carpets. There are several types of carpet beetles including the varied carpet beetle black carpet beetle furniture carpet beetle and common carpet beetle. Its specialty is sapwood of softwood and european hardwoods.
3mm 5mm in length fg regular lines running down its wings. These dark brown or black beetles are also called wood boring beetles or house borers. Habitat this common furniture beetle is by far the most common cause of damage encountered. Adult anobium punctatum measure 2 7 4 5 millimetres 0 11 0 18 in in length.
There are nearly 200 species of carpet beetles in the subfamily attageninae. The thing is common furniture beetle its common generic name is happiest when infesting damp deadwood strewn over a forest floor rather than the dry stuff in houses. See step 3 for how to treat wood. Common furniture beetle anobium punctatum what does it look like.
If you see powderpost beetles borer beetles common furniture beetles or any other wood boring beetles or woodworms in your home you will need to treat your home with an insecticide labeled for wood boring beetles. A relatively small insect it is still capable of causing structural damage to your property. Read our guide below. Reducing the wood to hollowed out trash in short order.
Carpet beetles of all species cause the most damage when they are in the larvae stage. On closer inspection it looks like the classic beetle in terms of shape and size but has light green brown colouring. The common name of the beetle species attagenus unicolor is black carpet beetle.