woodworm

[Steve Bullman]

I had a customer ask me yesterday if it was possible for wood worm in forewood to get into their house structure.....

not knowing anything about wood worms and their cycles myself, i told her that i would have to presume they could......

 

anyone have better info regarding this?

[Quickthorn]

Woodworm = furniture beetle..yes, it can be brought in on infested firewood. It depends on what timbers they have in the house, but I believe woodworm can attack any softwood, and will have a go at hardwood heartwood if it is moist enough.

 

The adult beetle can also fly into your house on its own during the Summer.

 

Woodborers

[Arborworks Ltd]

The beetle flys in May only, yes it will attack hard & soft wood alike

[skyhuck]

Remember once you can see the holes they have left.

[Log-ologist]

are you resorting to selling chopped up old furniture?

[clique2]

Two types-the first is bark beetles, the other woodworm.

Bark beetles come in on the firewood and, when they notice the change in conditions, tend to try and exit to the wild-lots of beetles on the window sill!

Woodworm-you see there holes into the timber and you sometimes expose a worm on splitting. These will mature and find any "dead" wood such as furniture. ("Live" worm holes are sometimes revealed by a little pile of dust under the hole).

 

Having had bark beetles, the problem is they look very like the pictures of woodworm and so we were a bit worried about the intergrity of our "half timbered" house! We caught some and asked the local Environmental Health.

 

Best -if selling- is to say there is the chance of beetle, which could be woodworm, and only bring in a small "ready to use" stock at a time