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powder-post beetles


Identification code: 300260252



Alternative term/s

  • beetles, powder-post
  • powder-post beetle
  • powder-post borers

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General name for many species belonging to three separate families of insects that have in common larvae that feed on and tunnel through seasoned wood, including furniture, wood floors, structural timbers, and lumber piles, often destroying the item. The name refers to the fact that the wood is converted to a fine powder.

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