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Woodboring beetle — The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood (i.e., are xylophagous). Larval stages of some are commonly known as woodworms.Invasion and controlWoodboring beetles are … Wikipedia
woodborer — woodboring, adj. /wood bawr euhr, bohr /, n. 1. a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood. 2. Zool. a. borer (def. 3a). b. borer (def. 3b). [1840 50; WOOD1 + BORER] * * * … Universalium
Chalcophora japonica — An ubatamamushi beetle in Kyoto Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Death watch beetle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … 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
Common furniture beetle — Anobium punctatum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Chrysochroa fulgidissima — A tamamushi beetle in Iizaka, Japan. Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Pest (organism) — A pest is an organism which has characteristics that are regarded by humans as injurious or unwanted. This is most often because it causes damage to agriculture through feeding on crops or parasitising livestock, such as codling moth on apples,… … Wikipedia
Buprestidae — For jewel bugs, see Scutelleridae. Buprestidae Agrilinae (bottom row), Chrysochroinae (top row, left 3), and Buprestinae (others) from Genera Insectorum … Wikipedia
Borer — may refer to:* Insects: ** Moths: *** Podosesia syringae *** Melittia cucurbitae , a pest of cucurbit vines *** Ostrinia , pests of maize and other plants ** Anobiidae, a family of beetles, especially: *** Anobium punctatum ** Woodboring beetles… … Wikipedia
