The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of larvae or larvae in the adult form feeding and destroying wood (ie, xylophagous). In the carpentry industry, some larval stages are sometimes referred to as woodworms. The three most speciose family of woodboring beetles are the longhorn beetles, bark beetles and bonggol, and the metal-headed flat borer.
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Ecology
Woodboring beetles most often attack dead or dead trees. In forest settings, they are important in the rotation of trees by destroying weak trees, allowing for new growth to occur. They are also important as major decomposers of trees in forest systems, allowing for recycling of locked nutrients in relatively weather-resistant wood materials. To develop and achieve woodboring stroke maturity requires nutrients provided by fungi from outside the inhabited wood. These nutrients not only assimilated into beetle bodies but also concentrated in their frass, contributing to the soil nutrition cycle. Although most woodboring beetles are ecologically important and economically benign, some species can become economic pests by attacking relatively healthy trees (eg Asian longhorn beetles, emerald ash scraper) or by clashing trees that are felled on the wooden lawn. Species such as Asian longhorn beetles and emerald ash bays are examples of invasive species that threaten natural forest ecosystems.
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Invasion and control
Woodboring beetles are generally detected several years after new construction. Wood supplies may contain wood that is infected with beetle or larvae eggs, and since the beetle's lifecycle could be a year or more, a few years may pass before the presence of the beetle becomes real. In many cases, the beetle will be the type that only attacks live wood, and therefore can not "rampant" other pieces of wood, or do further damage.
Native infestations are much more likely in areas with high humidity, such as poorly ventilated crawling spaces. Housing with central heating/air conditioning tends to reduce the wood moisture in the living area to less than half the natural moisture, thus greatly reducing the likelihood of infestation. Some species will occupy the furniture.
Some beetles attack wood used in construction and furniture; others restrict their activity to the forest or the roots of living trees. Here is a list of some beetles that are home pests.
- Ambrosia beetle
- General furniture beetle
- Deathwatch Beetle
- Flat borer
- Beetle of powder (Anobiidae, Bostrichidae)
- Old home borer
See also
- Leather and bumble beetle
- Carpenter
- the Longhorn beetle
- Flat head flat metal
- Termites
- Wood ant
References
External links
- V. R. Lewis, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley; and S. J. Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Pacific Research Station, Davis, California. "Wood-Boring Beetles at Home". Agriculture and Natural Resources University of California, UC State IPM Program, UC ANR Publication 7418 . University of California, Davis . Retrieved 2013-06-05 . CS1 maint: Using author parameters (link )
- Barb Ogg, PhD, Extension Editor. "The wood-destroying beetle". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County . Retrieved 2013-06-05 . Ã, CS1 maint: Using the author parameters (link) John A. Jackman, Professor and Extension Entomologist. "Wood-Boring Beetles That Cause Stability". Texas A & amp; M AgriLife Extension (Texas A & M University System) . Texas A & amp; M University Department of Entomology . Retrieved 2013-06-05 . Ã, CS1 maint: Using the author parameter (link)
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