My incoming email box this last month was full of questions about the powderpost beetle and its holes in kiln dried wood, and bamboo too. So let’s put everything we know about this pest in one place.

The powder post beetle is one of the most destructive pests in the country. It is a wood- boring insect that's a serious threat in coastal regions throughout the United States including Hawaii. They ...

Q: We have a vacation home at Lake Anna. Last year, we got our dining room remodeled with wood cabinetry, a coffered ceiling and live-edge shelves (which include the bark or layer of wood immediately ...

A recent bug find in a section of imported bamboo furniture illustrates how invasive bugs from foreign lands can make their way into U.S. gardens. Ohio State University’s Butler County Extension ...

A woman is sounding the alarm on retail stores that sell wood furniture after she claims a decorative wood ladder she brought into her home was infested with powderpost beetles. “This is just a ...

An Iowa couple restoring a century old home are feeling haunted. Not by ghosts, but unwanted pests. Rick and Faye French are giving new life to an old home built in 1897. Rick French said, “We’ve put ...

Horned Powder-Post Beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) are a geographically widespread, though little studied, family of wood-boring beetles. Two species of Bostrichidae, Amphicerus bicaudatus and ...