Beetle woodworm in a house of control measures

A serious danger to wood and objects made from it is woodworm beetles. Pests can hit not only wooden floors, furniture or walls, but even plywood, paper, cardboard and books. They can appear in the house from chopped wood. In addition, some species of this insect are not particularly picky in their diet and can eat bread and tobacco products, dry cereals and wallpaper glue. This article will discuss how to recognize the presence of pests in the wood and how to get rid of woodworm beetles in the house.

Types and Features

Not everyone knows how dangerous woodworkers are. The amount of damage caused in the house depends on the type of wood bug. Below is a beetle grinder in the photo and the most common types of this insect are given.

Furniture grinder

Furniture grinder - a small up to 5 mm woodworm of dark brown color with golden blotches on the back. It is dangerous for any wood species. The insect lives mainly in dry home furniture, but can also feed on the walls of wooden houses. In addition, the pest is able to hit any objects that are based on cellulose (picture frames, book pages, and the like).

It is difficult to find grinders, as they are very shy and hide in the darkest inaccessible places. You can only guess about their presence in furniture only from the eaten holes, from which from time to time the remains of the wood eaten by bugs spill out. After some time, the females lay eggs in the existing holes, from which a new generation of pests will appear.

House grinder

This woodworm differs from its counterparts in that it feeds exclusively on raw wood. Therefore, more often the pest can be found on the outside of wooden structures. The size of the insect in length does not exceed 5-7 mm. Below is a photo of a woodworm beetle.

Crested Grinder

A distinctive feature of this tree rodent is its unique mustache, which is why it was nicknamed. The length of his body varies from 3 to 5 mm. It is enough for the bug to penetrate into the thickness of the wood, and it will not leave this habitat until its complete destruction.

On a note!

Beetles grinders prefer to dwell in old dried wood. However, it is not adult individuals that spoil the tree, but their larvae, making zigzag passages in it and turning it into dust. It is also surprising how many years the woodworm larva lives: it can live in wood from 5 to 20 years.

Bread grinder

This beetle grinder differs from its relatives in food selectivity. The favorite delicacy of its larvae is not wood, but dry food: cereals, cereals, pasta and even dried fruits. therefore bread grinder It is no less dangerous pest than the previous species.

Important!

Do not eat foods contaminated with a bread grinder. According to experts, the vital elements that this beetle leaves on cereals or pasta can be toxic and pose a risk to human health.

Black house barbel

House barbel or lumberjack prefers to eat coniferous wood. This woodgun likes to live in dry and warm places. Females lay eggs under the bark of conifers in the warm season. An interesting fact is that this beetle tree-beetle does not live in living trees, because it does not like moisture. The pest prefers to settle in harvested coniferous wood or items made from coniferous.

How to detect grinder beetles

If the walls of the wooden house are not plastered and treated with special protective mixtures, then very soon they can suffer from a pest beetle. To understand that a wood grinder can grind a tree or objects from it with the help of the following signs:

• The presence of winding paths on the surface of wood and yellowish dust resembling flour or dry mustard;
• Isolation of brown liquid with a pungent odor from passages drilled by woodworms;
• In a tree affected by insects, the bark is easily separated;
• The presence of caterpillars under a wooden structure or plant, crawling to another object;
• In the house where the beetle settled, sounds similar to the ticking of the clock are heard at night.

If the beetle grinder in the house has covered one or another wooden object, you should begin to immediately fight it, as pests multiply quickly enough. Otherwise, the woodworm larvae will inflict tremendous damage on your stocks or real estate, draining passages in it of infinite length.

Methods of struggle

Pest control measures are quite diverse, you can use:

• Insecticidal drugs;
• Folk remedies;
• Impregnations and mixtures of protective properties for coating surfaces;
• Temperature exposure method;
• Removal of infected wood;
• Smoke bombs and fumigators;
• Microwave processing;
• Professional handling of infected premises.

Insecticides

With severe damage to the wood surface by the grinder, the use of insecticides is recommended. This control method is effective both for adults and their larvae. It is important to comply with safety measures, which imply the presence of a protective suit (rubber gloves, a respirator, goggles, clothing as closed as possible).

Highly toxic insecticides are harmful to insects from the first minutes of use, they are also unsafe for humans and animals. Therefore, return to the treated room should be no earlier than 4 hours. The most popular brands are Prima, Wood Doctor or Empire-20, they can be purchased at many hardware stores in Moscow.

Microwave processing

This control method is based on the way the microwave works. The living room is eliminated from the woodworkers using a beam-forming generator. Such processing is absolutely safe for further human habitation.

Protective Impregnation

Impregnation of wood - this method is used for preventive purposes, it is not suitable for pest control. The clean, undamaged surface of the tree is treated with various impregnations, which subsequently will not allow the woodworkers to start in it. Then it can also be plastered, which will provide double protection from grinders. When processing a tree already infected with pests, the effect will not be observed.

Temperature exposure method

Another remedy for woodworms is the effect of temperature on them.You can get rid of pests by freezing damaged wooden surfaces, especially if the insect is in the larval stage (you should maintain the temperature below -2 degrees for two days). You can also apply the heating of individual objects in a special chamber, with which you can evaporate moisture from the wood and rid it of pests. The disadvantage of this method is the inability to protect against beetles grinders surfaces of large areas.

Fumigators

Fumigators are an excellent way to combat bugs with grinders in the house. For example, a woodworm larva does not tolerate the smell of phosphine, so using this chemical will help to easily rid the room of pests.

Removal of the infected area

This method of combating woodworms is effective for minor contamination of a wooden surface. With a high prevalence of insects, other methods of extermination should be selected.

Folk remedies

One of the simplest methods of controlling beetles with grinders is the use of liquid paraffin. A syringe filled with it is injected into the hole, which is then filled with paraffin, wax or window putty.

You can get rid of these harmful bugs with a mixture of turpentine (3 hours), kerosene (1 hour) and naphthalene (8 g). These components should be dissolved in gasoline (90 g). The resulting solution must be treated with an infected surface using a brush.

Reliably prevents the penetration of woodworm larvae into the wooden elements of the salt solution impregnation. For this purpose, you can also use an infusion of vinegar with chopped garlic. The wooden surface can also be painted or plastered.

Professional processing

Professional processing is effective when there is a large infection by the woodworkers of the room. This method uses a method of disinfection with hot and cold fog, as well as gas treatment with phosphine, from the smell of which insects will instantly die.

Prevention

Starting to build a house, you need to know how to process a tree from a beetle. But first you need:

• Conduct a thorough inspection of the prepared wood for the presence of a wood beetle;
• Sand logs and pillars. The bark removed from the wood must be burned;
• For the treatment of wooden elements, use complex antiseptics such as Phoenix, Pinotex or Senezh;
• Insects will not start in the wood if plastering the house.
• Wet rooms such as baths should be regularly dried with ventilation;
• You can save furniture in the apartment from grinders with the help of care products such as Gloss or Polish. Their composition will not allow wood beetles to start, and will help to keep cabinets or tables in good condition.

Such preparation of lumber guarantees in the future full protection against woodworkers.