Article: Beetle basics: reacquaint yourself with some old standbys, including pine sawyer beetles and old house borers. (Wood-Destroying Insects).

Article: Pheromone and volatile lures for detecting the European ...
Australian Forestry;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Introduction European house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus L., Cerambycidae) (EHB) is a native of northern Africa, but is now widespread, with a range which includes ...

Article: The honey trap for beetles.(JOURNAL NEWS)(Brief Article)
Chemistry and Industry;  May 2, 2005 ;     635 words ... ... Germany and the US have looked at methods to control the old-house borer beetles (Hylotrupes bajulus) without using toxic insecticides ... Enhancement of attraction and trap catches of the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), by combination ...

Article: Preliminary evaluation of vacuum to control wood-boring insects ...
Forest Products Journal;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Old house borer larvae, Hylotrupes bajulus, were placed into pieces of red oak ... dimension lumber (Robinson 2005). Larvae of two Cerambycidae, the old house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus) and the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora ...

Article: Casehardening, worm holes
FDM;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... insects (in addition to termites) that infect dry wood - the lyctid powder-post beetle (grainy hardwoods only) and the old house borer (softwoods, especially pine, only). Even these two insects that like dry wood prefer wood 8 percent MC or wetter. Drier ...

Article: Masa guarantees pest control for years.
Gulf Construction;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... These include the termites, powder post beetles, false powder post beetles, deathwatch beetles, carpenter ants, and the house borer. These insects may be very damaging because they can reinfest timbers until the wood is completely hollowed out, leaving ...

Article: Damage was done before wood became joists.
Pest Control;  March 1, 2002 ;     420 words ... ... only living trees or freshly cut wood before it is seasoned. They do not reinfest seasoned wood. One exception is the old house borer, but it only infests seasoned wood, and could not have created these galleys before the wood was milled. Therefore, the ...

Article: Finding the sensitive in metal.(News)
Daily News (South Africa);  June 28, 2007 ;     657 words ... ... mother of a teen into "metalish" rock - like me, (mother of 15-year-old son whose decibels have caused even our in-house borer to complain) by now, you may well have gone into the can't beat 'em join 'em mode. As I scream up the stairs, "turn ...