Anobium punctatum

The furniture beetle Anobium punctatum, a death-watch beetle, seems to use the same communication system as the drugstore beetle [263,264]. 

P18 Stegobium paniceum, drug store beetle,811,812 Anobium punctatum, anobiid beetle 813... 

The most destructive beetle pests are those which attack seasoned wood in service, e.g. Anobium punctatum, Hylotrupes bajulus, Lyctus brunneus. Only a few species are capable of doing this, but those that do can cause serious problems. They include long-hom beetles, the common house borer or furniture beetle and powder post beetles. Given susceptible lumber and suitable conditions for development, all of the above insects are difficult and expensive, or in some cases impossible, to control. The use of preservative treated wood obviates the necessity for control. 

The Anobium punctatum or furniture beetle is a particularly severe pest in the United Kingdom and along the American eastern seaboard. Known also as woodworm , these pests attack flooring, furniture, wooden artifacts, structural timbers, and interior architecture (Figure 8). 

Figure 8. Section of white pine post from a 17th-century stable degraded by Anobium punctatum (furniture beetle). Note chamber concentration proximity to relatively sound wood.

EN 21 Method for the determination of the toxic values of a wood preservative against larvae of Anobium punctatum (de Geer), introduced into wood which has been treated previously by full impregnation. 

European Standard EN 48 1988. Wood preservatives - Determination of the eradicant action against larvae of Anobium punctatum (De Geer) (Laboratory method). 

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