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.
Common furniture beetle size. 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. This very common species is found throughout britain but is most common in the south and east. They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a pronotum resembling a monk s cowl. All types of furniture beetles resemble lady bugs but are smaller about 1 3 to 1 2 the size of a lady bug.
Wild wood is wet and subject to fungal and microbial attack so cfb can thrive within the timber. Adult bodies are oval and shape while their heads are not visible when viewed from above. The coloration of furniture beetles vary. Within homes and other buildings the furniture beetle is an exceedingly common pest.
These dark brown or black beetles are also called wood boring beetles or house borers. Furniture beetle facts identification control scientific name. They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a prothorax resembling a monk s cowl. 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.
By far the most common species of woodworm in the uk is the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum. The larval stage of this beetle looks like a small grub. The common furniture beetle has a somewhat round black head and elongated body. Like snow flakes it is not likely you will find similar patterns on specimens unless they are gathered from the same home.
Common furniture beetle common furniture beetle anobium punctatum. Typically the adult beetles lay eggs on or just under the surface of a wooden item. They are also the cause of woodworm in many wooden items. The most common form of woodworm beetle is the common furniture beetle.
Adult beetles which emerged from the wood may also be found in the summer months. Adult beetles are about 1 4 inch long. Size 3 to 4 5 mm. Reducing the wood to hollowed out trash in short order.
Woodworm beetle 1 common furniture beetle. Appearance what do they look like. As its name suggests the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum can damage wooden structures and furniture. Adult anobium punctatum measure 2 7 4 5 millimetres 0 11 0 18 in in length.
The size of the holes varies but are typically 1mm to 1 5mm in diameter for the most common household species although they can be much larger in the case of house longhorn beetle.