Furniture beetle

Furniture beetles or Anobium punctatum, are one of beetles that invade homes especially furniture, females lay eggs inside wooden cracks, Larvae feed on wood and furniture, adult Furniture beetles Move to all home areas, especially humid places, Furniture beetles infestation requires a professional help to get rid of infestation and to protect home furniture and wooden floors, larvae may cause wooden and furniture damage because adult Furniture beetles don’t eat.

furniture beetle identification

Furniture beetles have an oval body covered with fine and yellowish hair, they have prominent antennae, Furniture beetles body is divided into 11 segments, they have a reddish brown color, their size is 2.5 to 4.5 mm.

Furniture beetle’s life cycle 

furniture beetles are also named by woodworm, they go through a complete transformation: eggs and larva which look like worm, then they reach the adult stage, Furniture beetles life cycle is completed from one to three years according to environment they live in.

Why Furniture beetles enter our homes?

Furniture beetles don’t eat, but larvae feed once the eggs hatch until reaching the adult stage, during this stage they consume all types of wood either dry or damp, modern or old, larvae prefer feeding on furniture, also females lay eggs inside cracks of or wooden frames, wooden floors to provide larvae food source when they appear, Furniture beetles may enter our home s by mistake or via infected furniture, Furniture beetles are attracted moist places.

How serious are furniture beetle?

When furniture beetle eggs hatch, larvae start to feed on wood, they make many deep holes into furniture and wood, they create wood dust, they also make holes when adult Furniture beetles want to leave wooden Furniture and go outside, furniture beetles takes 3 years to during their life cycle, so they can destroy your furniture if you do not discover the infestation as soon as possible.

Signs of Furniture beetles’ infestation

furniture beetle’s infestation can be recognized by discovering 1/8 inch holes in furniture, or dust like powder around wooden holes, as larvae feed on the inner part of wooden furniture, so you can check your furniture, wooden floors, and moist areas at home if you suspect that you have Furniture beetles.

How to get rid of Furniture beetles at home?

• Examine wooden furniture before buying.
• Use polyurethane or paint to preserve the wooden structures.
• Ventilate the lower floor and the basement.
•  heat small wooden items after you discover infestation, by exposing them to 50 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes, or you may cool them by placing infected items in sub-zero temperatures for several days.
• When you can’t eliminate Furniture beetles infestations, because it depends on identifying the type of beetles and knowing age and degree of moisture in wood, so call our pest control company in Jeddah to provide you with a professional Furniture beetles control services.