Wood Beetle House
The old house borer belongs to a group called cerambycid beetles, which are also know as long-horned beetles.
Wood beetle house. The powderpost beetle, the deathwatch beetle, and the false powderpost beetle. Most beetle problems are introduced into homes in lumber or finished wood products such as furniture, paneling, or flooring. Alternately, heat can kill insects in wood by maintaining the wood at temperatures of 140 to 150 degrees F for 2 to 4 hours.
As the frames from most homes are built from softwoods, certain species of powderpost beetles can cause structural damage to houses. There are three main groups of insects that bore through wood: If you store firewood inside your house, it is also possible that you might notice several other types of wood beetles , such as flatheaded or roundheaded borers, but you don’t have to worry as much.
Unlike other woodworm beetles, only the larvae of the House Longhorn beetle feeds on wood. Old House Borer Beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus)Old house borers, also known as house longhorn beetle, are a species of wood boring beetles from the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) and are distinctive because of their habit to re-infest the same wooden material they emerged from. They have flattened brownish-black or black bodies and are 0.625-1.0 inches (16-25 mm) in length.
Originating in Europe, the House Longhorn woodworm beetle is now found around the world. Most long-horned beetles are wood borers in the larval stage, but only the old house borer is a serious pest in homes. Fortunately, they all share very similar identifying.
Old house borer beetles, also known as long-horned beetles, prefer spruce, pine and hemlock. Other species of powderpost beetles will only eat hardwood, but that. These beetles lay their eggs in wood, then the larvae, known as woodworms, burrow their way out of the wood as they grow into adults.
Like termites, some powderpost beetles will feed on hardwoods — such as oak, ash, walnut, bamboo and hickory — and softwoods like pine. The adults rarely reinfest the wood from which they emerge. To freeze wood-boring beetle larvae, maintain the wooden items at about 0 degrees F for several weeks to eliminate an infestation, because many wood-boring beetles are resistant to cold temperatures.

