09-08-2011, 04:19 AM
Powder post beetles are more noticed at night in late summer, as more short lived adult beetles are emerging from larval state. (they tend to make a plinking noise when they bounce off of light bulbs...)
They are found in many dead HARDWOOD species, along with bamboos & such, just not usually in dead soft woods like structural pines & firs (reason we did not bring our teak... PPBs LOVE teak, so though it is termite resistant, you will still have insect damage in furniture & such...) (it is really hard to find a wood species that none of the insects here will devour... )
U of Kentucky has a good info sheet:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef616.asp
They are found in many dead HARDWOOD species, along with bamboos & such, just not usually in dead soft woods like structural pines & firs (reason we did not bring our teak... PPBs LOVE teak, so though it is termite resistant, you will still have insect damage in furniture & such...) (it is really hard to find a wood species that none of the insects here will devour... )
U of Kentucky has a good info sheet:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef616.asp