Common beetle types;

Common Furniture Beetle (CFB) – Anobium Punctatum

1. Attacks the sap wood of soft wood, and European hard wood.
2. Widely spread in dead parts of trees and hedges.
3. Active in damp conditions.
4. Responsible for 80% of wood boring damage.
5. Life cycle 2-3 years.
6. Their fly-out season is June-July.
7. They leave 2-3mm exit holes.
8. They leave pellet shaped frass. 
9. Treatment depends on timber type and the moisture content of the timber.

House Longhorn Beetle – Hylotrupes Bajulus

1. Commonly found in the South-East of England (Surrey/ London).
2. Attacks the sap wood of soft wood.
3. Most common in timber less than 70 years old.
4. Their fly-out season is July-October.
5. They can lay between 40-50 eggs.
6. They produce 6-10 mm oval exit holes which are often ragged.
7. With large infestations, their feeding becomes audible and can produce a scraping noise.

Death Watch Beetle – Xestobium Rufovillosum

1. Attacks decaying hardwoods, most commonly oak.
2. Attacks the sapwood and heartwood of hardwoods.
3. They infest infected oak which is damp or around damp conditions.
4. They can cause extreme damage and can hollow out centres of large beams.
5. Their exit season is March-June.
6. Their life cycle can last up to 10 years.
7. Frass produced is often disc shaped pellets.

Wood boring weevil – Pentarthrum Huttoni

1. Attacks decaying soft and hard woods.
2. They often infest timbers in damp conditions.
3. They are often found in areas of poor ventilation e.g. basements, sub-floors and the back of skirting.
4. Both the adult and larvae attack wood.
5. They often infest secondary to timber infection.
6. They produce 1mm ragged exit holes.
7. Commonly misidentified with CFB.

Lyctus Powderpost Beetle, Lyctus Brunneeus

1. Commonly misidentified with CFB.
2. They attack the sapwood of tropical and European hardwood e.g. oak and elm.
3. Often found in block strip flooring, floor boards, furniture, and store rooms.
4. They produce 1-2 mm exit holes.
5. They produce a fine, cream frass.