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59377	St. George, R. A. (Raymond Alexander)	Powder-Post Beetles in Buildings: What to Do About Them			.txt	text/plain	3269	259	77	Powder-post beetles cause extensive damage to wood in the structure of Powder-post beetles can be controlled by applying an insecticide to the The adult females lay eggs on or in wood. The adults of many kinds of powder-post beetles bore circular holes to Anobiid and cerambycid beetles lay eggs in crevices on the surface of the wood; cerambycids also lay eggs in emergence holes. The old house borer infests framing and subflooring. Certain species of bostrichid, cerambycid, and lyctus beetles infest [Illustration: Pine floor joist damaged by larvae of the old house Powder-post beetles damage wood by tunneling and by cutting surface Tunneling is done by the larvae of all kinds of powder-post beetles, made by adult beetles when they emerge from the wood. Beetles that make numerous small holes in the surface of wood are Treatment of a heavy infestation of powder-post beetles by spraying	./cache/59377.txt	./txt/59377.txt