Fan bearing wood borer Ptilinus pectinicornis
Adult male beetle
Size: 3-5mm
Shape: narrow
Colour: dark brown
Antennae: long, male with distinctive fan-like structure
Distinguishing features: very similar to Furniture beetle but thorax has no hump and the antennae are far more ornate.
Adults eat very little.
Larvae eat: sap wood often of recently felled wood.
Damage is: tunnels in wood and gritty frass. Exit holes are 1.5-2mm.
Other info: Ptilinus is mainly found in freshly felled timber and logs but has occasionally been discovered in recently constructed furniture. The males have very ornate, fan-like, antennae, which they use to detect the pheromone produced by the female.
Size: 3-5mm
Shape: narrow
Colour: dark brown
Antennae: long, male with distinctive fan-like structure
Distinguishing features: very similar to Furniture beetle but thorax has no hump and the antennae are far more ornate.
Adults eat very little.
Larvae eat: sap wood often of recently felled wood.
Damage is: tunnels in wood and gritty frass. Exit holes are 1.5-2mm.
Other info: Ptilinus is mainly found in freshly felled timber and logs but has occasionally been discovered in recently constructed furniture. The males have very ornate, fan-like, antennae, which they use to detect the pheromone produced by the female.
Fan bearing wood borer Ptilinus pectinicornis
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