The four most common wood boring insects include the common furniture beetle (Anobium Punctatum), the death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum), the wood-boring weevils (Pentarthrum huttoni or Euophryum confine) and the house longhorn (Hylotrupes bajulus).
Wood-boring beetle larvae feed on wood and wood products. The adults emerge from larval feeding chambers through round, oblong, or D-shaped exit holes. Adults of some species also bore holes into plaster, plastic, and soft metals. Many species of wood-boring beetles feed on living trees but do not attach cut wood or wood products. They can however emerge from wood in new buildings.
The book louse, Liposcelis sp, normally eats wood as it lives in trees, shrubs or under bark or stones. They also like old books that have been forgotten in attics and storerooms. Book lice are small, soft-bodied insects with mouthparts that are ideal for munching through pages of old paper.
Wood-boring beetle larvae feed on wood and wood products. The adults emerge from larval feeding chambers through round, oblong, or D-shaped exit holes. Adults of some species also bore holes into plaster, plastic, and soft metals. Many species of wood-boring beetles feed on living trees but do not attach cut wood or wood products. They can however emerge from wood in new buildings.
The book louse, Liposcelis sp, normally eats wood as it lives in trees, shrubs or under bark or stones. They also like old books that have been forgotten in attics and storerooms. Book lice are small, soft-bodied insects with mouthparts that are ideal for munching through pages of old paper.