Wood boring insects
Wood-boringinsectattack.
IdentifyingandAssessing Damage
by chazza1234 on Jul 25, 2011
Wood boring insects — Presentation Transcript
1. Wood-boring insect attack. Identifying and Assessing Damage
2. Wood can be a food source for many insect species. Timber in buildings can be attacked by a range of wood-boring insects. Each insect has preferred timber species and some need the wood to be decayed. Structural weakening can result from infestation by some beetles.
3. Types of Wood Boring Insect Common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum), ‘woodworm’ House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) Lyctus powderpost beetle (Lyctus brunneus) Wood-boring weevil (Pentarthrum huttoni and Euophryum confine)
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