| False Powderpost Beetle - Bostrichidae |
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 False Powderpost Beetle (Bostrichidae) The larvae of all powder post beetles reduce timbers to a mass of very fine, powder-like substance. The adults do very little of the damage. The False Powder Post Beetels are larger than other families of powderpost beetles ,so their exit holes are larger. These holes do not contain frass (debris), but the galleries do. The frass is tightly packed, tends to stick together and is meal like( contains no pellets) The adults are 1/8-to 1-inch long, cylindrical, and reddish brown to black. The adults bore into the wood in order to lay eggs, leaving a hole larger that 1/8 inch, usually in wood less than 10 years old. The larvae are curved and wrinkled. Their diet is dependent on the starch in the wood, they are more common in softwood ,but can attack hardwoods. They require 6-30% moisture content in the wood, and complete the average life cycle in one year. Most of the hardwoods attacked are not those commonly found used for interior floors, woodwork or trim. Most of this species does not re infest wood after it is seasoned, so the damage is limited to that inflicted by one generation. However the speed of the damage can be considerable. Most of the time they do not re infest wood after it has been seasoned. They are often found in oak, firewood and furniture. Adios Pest Control is your local San Diego pest control company, including Chula Vista and all of San Diego county; we provide complete pest control services. |
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