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Powderpost beetle, the Glossary

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Powderpost beetles are a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Borate, Bostrichoidea, Common furniture beetle, Deathwatch beetle, Deciduous, Dermestidae, Frass, Fumigation, Gustaf Johan Billberg, Hardwood, Insect, Larva, Longhorn beetle, Lyctoxylon dentatum, Lyctus (beetle), Minthea, National Park Service, Ovipositor, Pest (organism), Powder, Prothorax, Softwood, Spider beetle, Trogoxylon, Wood, Wood preservation, Woodboring beetle.

  2. Building defects

Borate

A borate is any of a range of boron oxyanions, anions containing boron and oxygen, such as orthoborate, metaborate, or tetraborate; or any salt of such anions, such as sodium metaborate, and borax.

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Bostrichoidea

Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles.

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Common furniture beetle

The common furniture beetle or common house borer (Anobium punctatum) is a woodboring beetle originally from Europe but now distributed worldwide. Powderpost beetle and common furniture beetle are woodboring beetles.

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Deathwatch beetle

The deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. Powderpost beetle and deathwatch beetle are building defects, Household pest insects and woodboring beetles.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dermestidae

Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles.

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Frass

Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.

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Fumigation

Fumigation is a method of pest control or the removal of harmful microorganisms by completely filling an area with gaseous pesticides, or fumigants, to suffocate or poison the pests within.

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Gustaf Johan Billberg

Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Larva

A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.

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Longhorn beetle

The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.

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Lyctoxylon dentatum

Lyctoxylon dentatum is a species of powderpost beetle. Powderpost beetle and Lyctoxylon dentatum are Bostrichidae.

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Lyctus (beetle)

Lyctus is a genus of powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae, being present on all continents except Antarctica. Powderpost beetle and Lyctus (beetle) are Bostrichidae.

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Minthea

Minthea is a genus of tropical powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. Powderpost beetle and Minthea are Bostrichidae.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Ovipositor

The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.

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Powder

A powder is a dry, bulk solid composed of many very fine particles that may flow freely when shaken or tilted.

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Prothorax

The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.

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Softwood

Scots pine, a typical and well-known softwood Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as conifers.

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Spider beetle

Spider beetles make up the subfamily Ptininae, in the family Ptinidae.

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Trogoxylon

Trogoxylon is a genus of beetles in the family Bostrichidae. Powderpost beetle and Trogoxylon are Bostrichidae.

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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Wood preservation

Wood easily degrades without sufficient preservation.

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Woodboring beetle

The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood (i.e., are xylophagous). Powderpost beetle and woodboring beetle are building defects and woodboring beetles.

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See also

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderpost_beetle

Also known as Lyctidae, Lyctinae, Powder post beetle, Powder post beetles, Powder-Post Beetle.