They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a prothorax resembling a monk s cowl.
Common furniture beetle treatment. In many parts of the u s. And international locations the common furniture beetle is called the woodworm. Whilst the powderpost beetle can be treated in much the same way as the common furniture beetle house longhorn and deathwatch beetle infestations require more extensive treatment for details please contact our technical department on 01403 210204 or submit an enquiry. It s greenish brown in colour around 3 to 4 5 mm in length and beetle shaped.
Other species such as the common furniture beetle tend to like old furniture and loft timbers while the eerily named death watch beetle goes for hardwoods like ash and oak. 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. The common furniture beetle is the most widespread wood boring beetle in the uk. Life cycle of woodworm there are four stages of woodworm development.
Preferring the sapwood of both hard and softwoods. See step 3 for how to treat wood. The common furniture beetle is a brown winged beetle typically 3 4mm in length. The woodworm often burrows with the grain and is capable of causing significant damage if left unchecked.
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. Its life cycle is completed in about one to three years depending on environmental conditions. Adult anobium punctatum measure 2 7 4 5 millimetres 0 11 0 18 in in length. Egg larva pupa and adult beetle.
Wild wood is wet and subject to fungal and microbial attack so cfb can thrive within the timber. 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. Death watch beetles also have their infamous noise making as a sign of their presence. 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.
These beetles go through complete metamorphosis meaning this insect has an egg larval worm like pupal and adult stage. Reducing the wood to hollowed out trash in short order. The treatment in step 4 will only knockdown beetles in the home and not beetles in the wood.