http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/how-to-treat/bamboo-flooring-with-beetles.html How to control Powderpost Beetle and Borer Infestations Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/how-to-treat/bamboo-flooring-with-beetles.html#comment-101 admin Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:08:43 +0000 http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/?p=267#comment-101 @<a href="#comment-100" rel="nofollow">guest</a>: I'm not sure I understand your question because in the first part of your comment, you point out that what you're seeing you think are powderpost beetles. In fact that is exactly the problem. As our article explains, processed wood will many times have powderpost beetles in it. Once the finished item arrives at someone's home, it's only a matter of time before the pupae hatch and adults begin to emerge. At this point it's safe to say the flooring you installed has activity and the holes you see are pupae that are emerging. Did you not treat the wood before installing it with some Boracare? If not, I suggest you get it treated now or if you decide to replace it with another type of wood, be sure to treat it before the installation is complete or else it too will be subject to infestation. Here are direct links to the information and products listed above: PPB Article: http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/powderpost-beetle-control#wood_floor_beetle_treatment Boracare: http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/liquid/boracare-gal @guest: I'm not sure I understand your question because in the first part of your comment, you point out that what you're seeing you think are powderpost beetles. In fact that is exactly the problem. As our article explains, processed wood will many times have powderpost beetles in it. Once the finished item arrives at someone's home, it's only a matter of time before the pupae hatch and adults begin to emerge. At this point it's safe to say the flooring you installed has activity and the holes you see are pupae that are emerging.
Did you not treat the wood before installing it with some Boracare? If not, I suggest you get it treated now or if you decide to replace it with another type of wood, be sure to treat it before the installation is complete or else it too will be subject to infestation. Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:
PPB Article: http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/powderpost-beetle-control#wood_floor_beetle_treatment
Boracare: http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/liquid/boracare-gal

]]> http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/how-to-treat/bamboo-flooring-with-beetles.html#comment-100 guest Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:42:51 +0000 http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/?p=267#comment-100 We have just installed Bamboo floors on a Project. This Bamboo flooring came from China. Now we are noticing what we think is the Powerpost beatle boring holes in a section of the flooring. What would cause this to happen? We have just installed Bamboo floors on a Project. This Bamboo flooring came from China. Now we are noticing what we think is the Powerpost beatle boring holes in a section of the flooring. What would cause this to happen?

]]> http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/how-to-treat/bamboo-flooring-with-beetles.html#comment-97 admin Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:11:47 +0000 http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/?p=267#comment-97 @<a href="#comment-96" rel="nofollow">guest</a>: In fact there are many kinds of beetles that can live in cork. In recent years there has been a notable increase of attacks to young cork oak trees by the ambrosia beetle which has long been thought to only infest older, not so healthy plants. Other Buprestid and Formicidae beetles can infest cork flooring not to mention the long list of other pests like ants, cork moths or wine moths. These other pests aren't eating the wood but instead are just living inside it. Basically females will readily take advantage of all the nooks, cracks and crevices most any cork has available. Such spaces serve as a great place for eggs to be laid where they'll be protected from predators and adverse weather. After hatching they'll either eat their way out (if they're cellulose feeders) or instead chew their way out (commonly done by ants). Either case can result in the creation of a fine, talc like powder and certainly a damaged floor. Lastly, I've seen where resident beetles can be living in the sub flooring below the cork floor and upon maturation, chew their way out of both the sub flooring and the cork floor above. Unless some of the guilty insects are found and identified, it can become anyones "guess" as to what might be doing the damage at your inlaws. In the end, a good treatment with something like the Boracare mentioned above will mostly be needed to knock them out for good. @guest: In fact there are many kinds of beetles that can live in cork. In recent years there has been a notable increase of attacks to young cork oak trees by the ambrosia beetle which has long been thought to only infest older, not so healthy plants. Other Buprestid and Formicidae beetles can infest cork flooring not to mention the long list of other pests like ants, cork moths or wine moths. These other pests aren't eating the wood but instead are just living inside it. Basically females will readily take advantage of all the nooks, cracks and crevices most any cork has available. Such spaces serve as a great place for eggs to be laid where they'll be protected from predators and adverse weather. After hatching they'll either eat their way out (if they're cellulose feeders) or instead chew their way out (commonly done by ants). Either case can result in the creation of a fine, talc like powder and certainly a damaged floor.
Lastly, I've seen where resident beetles can be living in the sub flooring below the cork floor and upon maturation, chew their way out of both the sub flooring and the cork floor above. Unless some of the guilty insects are found and identified, it can become anyones "guess" as to what might be doing the damage at your inlaws. In the end, a good treatment with something like the Boracare mentioned above will mostly be needed to knock them out for good.

]]> http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/how-to-treat/bamboo-flooring-with-beetles.html#comment-96 guest Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:56:02 +0000 http://www.powderpostbeetles.com/?p=267#comment-96 We were visiting my inlaws last night and they mentioned that they are having difficulty with maintaining their cork floors. A fine talc like powder keeps appearing on their floors, more so in one area(bedroom). They had new cork flooring put in about a year ago and they say this problem has existed for a while now. Could this be a sign of beetle damage? Would the powderpost beetle infest a cork floor? Thanks for any info. Oh yes, there is no dusty material on any of the furniture that resembles what has shown up on the floor. Thanks for any insight you might have. We were visiting my inlaws last night and they mentioned that they are having difficulty with maintaining their cork floors. A fine talc like powder keeps appearing on their floors, more so in one area(bedroom). They had new cork flooring put in about a year ago and they say this problem has existed for a while now. Could this be a sign of beetle damage? Would the powderpost beetle infest a cork floor? Thanks for any info. Oh yes, there is no dusty material on any of the furniture that resembles what has shown up on the floor.
Thanks for any insight you might have.

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