Editing Pest control (section)

====Beetles====
[[File:130312 Tesarik krovovy Hylotrupes bajulus (7).JPG|thumb|upright|House timber split open to reveal larvae of the [[house longhorn beetle]], ''Hylotrupes bajulus'', in their burrows, which are partially filled with [[frass]]]]

Various beetles in the [[Bostrichoidea]] superfamily attack the dry, seasoned wood used as structural timber in houses and to make furniture. In most cases, it is the larvae that do the damage; these are invisible from the outside of the timber but are chewing away at the wood in the interior of the item. Examples of these are the [[powderpost beetle]]s, which attack the sapwood of hardwoods, and the [[furniture beetle]]s, which attacks softwoods, including plywood. The damage has already been done by the time the adult beetles bore their way out, leaving neat round holes behind them. The first that a householder knows about the beetle damage is often when a chair leg breaks off or a piece of structural timber caves in. Prevention is possible through chemical treatment of the timber prior to its use in construction or in furniture manufacturing.<ref name=Gerozisis>{{cite book|author1=Gerozisis, John|author2=Hadlington, Phillip |author3=Staunton, Ion|title=Urban Pest Management in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyFqiIG_aacC&pg=PA131 |year=2008 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=978-0-86840-894-1 |pages=131–135}}</ref>