Our trained technicians will pretreat any wood you’re about to use in the construction of anything from barns to house whiskey to new construction homes. The product we use will keep the wood safe from the powderpost beetles that can chew through the wood from the inside out without the need for fumigation. This treatment will not only keep your structure safe but will keep what’s in it safe as well.
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Problems Caused by Powderpost Beetles
Powderpost beetles are wood-boring beetles that can do some serious damage to any structure with a wooden frame. These beetles are second only to termites as destroyers of seasoned wood like the ones used in buildings and furniture. They lay their eggs within the pores in the wood. When the eggs hatch, the larvae then burrow into the wood, eating it from the inside out, emerging as adults for the next cycle. Unfortunately, this type of damage is difficult to spot until you see either the holes from where the larvae ate their way out or the frass they leave behind. The damage can be extensive by the time you see either of those. That’s why pretreating for powderpost beetles is much better than an after the fact powderpost beetle extermination.
Powderpost beetles are small (about 1/12 to 1/5 inch long) and usually reddish-brown to nearly black. They emerge from infested wood from late winter through early summer. During this time, the females lay eggs in the wood pores. These eggs hatch into tiny, curved grubs that eat into the wood, packing their burrows with the finely pulverized wood. When fully grown, the grubs go through a pupal stage and once again emerge as beetles. Powderpost beetles require from a few months to several years to complete one generation, depending on the species and the starch content of the wood.
