Woodworm
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A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain woodboring beetles[1] including:
- Ambrosia beetles (Platypodidae, Scolytidae)
- Bark borer beetle / Waney edge borer (Ernobius mollis)
- Common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)
- Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum)
- House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus)
- Powder post beetle (Lyctus brunneus)
- Weevils (Pentarthrum huttoni, Euophryum confine)
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[edit] References
- ^ Hickin, Norman E. (19 June 1958). "Woodworm and its control". New Scientist 4 (83): 202–204. http://books.google.com/books?id=TYltWSck_GQC&pg=PA202. "About three hundred different species of wood-boring beetles are known as occurring in our domestic woodwork indoors, but of these only seven are of frequent occurrence, and it is to the larval or grub stage that we apply the description 'woodworm'."
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