Woodborers are also known as Powder Post Beetles. Unlike termites it is equally nuisance pest, which destroys wood. The main sign of infestation is yellowish powder falling from furniture, which is an excreta of organism. Larvae bore the wood and live for years feeding on the wood-creating network of internal tunnels throughout the timber and can quickly reduce it to dust.
Powder post beetles mainly belong to following four important families of order Coleoptera. 1) Lyctidae 2) Bostrichidae 3) Anobiidae 4) Cerambycidae.
TREATMENT:
Pure Chemical is injected in the holes created as result of damage caused by woodborers. The entire infested portion is then sprayed and the holes are then plugged with wood wax.