Common Furniture Beetle Removal

Fortunately at the bristol pest controller we have a bespoke beetle removal service for both homeowners and businesses.

Common furniture beetle removal. Life cycle of woodworm there are four stages of woodworm development. Egg larva pupa and adult beetle. In the uk the most common are the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum deathwatch beetle xestobium rufuvillosum house longhorn beetle hylotrupes bajulus and powderpost beetle lyctus brunneus all invade and consume wood and then leave when they have reached maturity. This can result in holes and tunnels in wood structures outdoor decks hardwood floors furniture and support beams.

Its life cycle is completed in about one to three years depending on environmental conditions. In many parts of the u s. Behavior diet habits life cycle. The common furniture beetle is a brown winged beetle typically 3 4mm in length.

Here are just a few of the more common beetles we encounter as part of our beetle removal service. And international locations the common furniture beetle is called the woodworm. Contact our team today. Like the common house fly furniture beetles seem to know when doors or windows are open.

Grain beetles and weevils. They are also the cause of woodworm in many wooden items. As its name suggests the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum can damage wooden structures and furniture. These dark brown or black beetles are also called wood boring beetles or house borers.

The common furniture beetle has a somewhat round black head and elongated body. 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. They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a prothorax resembling a monk s cowl. Adult wood boring beetles look different depending on their species.

Furniture beetle biology furniture beetles can fly so it is easy for them to get inside. Reducing the wood to hollowed out trash in short order. Wild wood is wet and subject to fungal and microbial attack so cfb can thrive within the timber. 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 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. While powderpost beetles old house borer common furniture and other wood boring beetles are beneficial in forests as they eat weak trees they become a nuisance when they infest and damage homes and buildings. Adult anobium punctatum measure 2 7 4 5 millimetres 0 11 0 18 in in length.