powder-post borer
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powder-post beetle — noun also powder post borer : any of several beetles (family Lyctidae) having larvae that feed in very dry wood or lumber and reduce the interior to powder compare anobium, furniture beetle … Useful english dictionary
branch and twig borer — ▪ insect also called false powder post borers any of approximately 700 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that live in dry wood or under tree bark. Branch and twig borers range in size from 3 to 20 mm (0.1 to 0.8 inch). However, the… … Universalium
bamboo borer — noun : bamboo powder post beetle … Useful english dictionary
Cryptocarya glaucescens — Jackwood by the Hacking River, Royal National Park, Australia Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Andrew Delmar Hopkins — was an American entomologist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming head entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1904. His research was primarily on bark beetle population dynamics and impacts, and he also developed… … Wikipedia
Powderpost beetle — True Powderpost beetles are a group of woodboring beetles in the insect subfamily Lyctidae and the false powderpost beetles, the family Bostrichidae. These, and other woodboring beetles Anobiidae (anobiid, Anobium punctatum (common furniture… … Wikipedia
coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils … Universalium
Woodworm — A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood boring beetles including:*Ambrosia beetles (Platypodidae, Scolytidae) *Bark borer beetle / Waney edge borer ( Ernobius mollis ) *Common furniture beetle ( Anobium… … Wikipedia
furniture beetle — noun also furniture borer : a small borer beetle (Anobium punctatum) resembling a powder post beetle but having the head bent under the thorax and feeding on both sapwood and heartwood of seasoned timber; broadly : a beetle of the family… … Useful english dictionary
Pencil — This article is about the handwriting instrument. For other uses, see Pencil (disambiguation). HB graphite pencils A pencil is a … Wikipedia
