A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including: In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the main groups of insects. ...
American beetle, the Ambrosia Beetle, belonging to the family of Scolytidae, which derives its name from its curious cultivation of a succulent fungus, called ambrosia. ... Species Platypus abietes Platypus compositus Platypus flavicornis Platypus parallelus Platypus pini Platypus quadridentatus Platypus wilsoni Ambrosia beetles (Platypus spp. ... Genera See text. ... The Death Watch Beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a beetle whose larvae consume wood. ... Families Nemonychidae Anthribidae Belidae Attelabidae Brentidae Caridae Ithyceridae Curculionidae A weevil is a beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. ...
Woodworm oil should be applied in the spring prior to the furniture beetlelarvae hatch and subsequent boring through to the surface of an infested piece.
Recent woodworm activity is indicated by fresh holes that are easily recognized by the sharp edges and a pale or clean appearance to the wood inside the hole.
Woodworm fluid, an oil-based insecticide, is injected into the woodworm holes using an injector with a sealing ring at the end of a fine nozzle and fitted onto a squeeze bottle.
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