Wood-damaging Pests

There are many different wood damaging pests that attack expensive antiques and even a building's structural components. Wood pests have managed to develop an astonishing variety of life forms, and can even live comfortably in totally dry wood. Discover what damage wood-boring insects can do.

Bamboo Beetle

They don't mind a change of airs and travel all around the world in bamboo canes.
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Bark Beetle

They don't bark - they just live under it.
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Bark Borer

This pest preys on your garden furniture and unbarked softwood trees.
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Cellar Fungus

If there’s water in your building, this fungus can do serious damage.
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Common Furniture Beetle

Their lifestyle in your home is uncommon at best.
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Deathwatch Beetle

A mysterious tapping in the night does not forebode death but damage to your timber.
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Dry Rot

This fungus can transport water up three floors in your home.
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Drywood Termite

This pest is the most common, and destructive, wood destroying species in the world.
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Furniture/House Mite

Not fussy about housework.
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House Longhorn Beetle

You wouldn't want a herd of these stampeding through your home.
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Mine Fungus

They aren't mine – someone else can have this destructive pest.
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Powderpost Beetle

Can be found enjoying life in soft tropical woods.
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Wood Boring Weevil

Their appetite for your furniture is anything but boring.
Learn more about the Wood Boring Weevil