Powder Post Beetles​

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Powder post beetles are tiny black beetles which enter timber and produce their young.  The young spend most of their life as a grub or larvae (as long as 10 years) inside the piece of timber destroying it. 

 

Evidence of their presence can be seen as a fine dust, but the actual

beetle is seldom seen. 

 

Timber is always best protected if treatment is carried out prior to varnishing/painting.

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