Find out and defeat the woodworm bug

The woodbug beetle in nature exists in several forms. Individuals multiply rapidly, actively damage timber and plants. Damage to wooden objects can be significant. Therefore, it is important to promptly identify the parasite, take effective measures to eliminate it.

Varieties of "wooden" beetles

In nature, there are more than one form of these bugs. There are such main types of woodworms:

• House lumberjack (black barbel). He likes dryness, warmth. If there are coniferous wood products in the home, there is a risk that the lumberjack will spoil them.
• Hood. Parasitizes in areas with a warm climate. It damages even hard oak planks. Destroys fences, stakes, wells.
  
• Weevil. Prefers a humid environment. Traces of his activity can be found on firewood stored in raw sheds, in baths, on the trunks of fruit trees.
• Borer. The circumference of the strokes is 1 - 2 mm. The beetle does not feed on the tree, but on the mycelium, which grows in the channels created by the pest.
• Grinder (or woodbug beetle). It is found inside houses, within the walls of all kinds of courtyard buildings.

If it comes to introducing a person into housing, the last variety of beetles is considered the most common.

Grinder Description

Woodman destroys mainly the inside of wooden utensils. Females create nests, lay up to 80 eggs in wood. Even one board infected with oviposition, when entering the house, can become a source of large-scale damage to the home.

Attention! The beetle easily spoils valuables made of wood, regrinds floors or wooden walls of the house.

After leaving the egg, the larva of the woodworm beetle begins to gnaw the wood. It lays long channels (with a total length of up to 40 km!).

The beetle rarely leaves its minks; it usually creeps out of them during the mating season during the day. It is during this period that one can observe a swarming pest on wooden windowsills, countertops, and floors. The beetle is prone to uncontrolled spread.

A dangerous “neighbor” wound up in the house: how to identify and what to do?

Detecting a pest in the orchard, in wooden furniture or walls is a signal that you need to immediately begin to fight the woodworm. The following is a list of characteristic signs of infection by a grinder at home or garden:

• On the wood you can see the winding, numerous holes that the woodworm eats.
• In the process of “turning” the transition beetle, a powder is formed that resembles flour in appearance. If only the bark is affected, the powdery substance is yellow. Damage to the deep layers of the tree is accompanied by the release of brown flour.
• Brown liquid substance emerges from the channels gnawed by the woodworm. It has a pungent smell with "sourness."
• Dry bark, damaged by a bug, easily detaches from the surface of a wooden trunk.
• Under plants or wooden structures infected with bark beetles, larvae and caterpillars can be found that migrate to the following objects.

Interesting! It is possible to detect infection of timber using a special electronic stethoscope. The device captures the sounds that males attract females.

If the affected object does not have special value, it should be burned in its entirety or only parts affected by the pest should be separated and burned. When a thing must be definitely preserved, they resort to conservative methods of struggle. Folk recipes and chemicals are used, to which woodworms are susceptible. How to get rid of a small pest using each of the methods? Let's consider in order.

We destroy parasites - folk recipes

The woodworkers of the house live from 5 to 7 years, constantly causing harm. In the early stages, infection is not easy to detect. Often, people notice a pest even when it has significantly expanded its population, causing noticeable damage to wooden objects.

Important! If you can immediately find the grinder, you can use effective folk recipes.

In the fight against the carpenter will help:

1. Common salt. Prepare a saline solution. In any way, apply it to a damaged surface (spraying, rubbing, dousing, etc.).
2. Turpentine + kerosene. Make a mixture of two substances in a ratio of 3: 1. They give the substance uniformity. The desired area is first covered with a layer of petroleum jelly. Then the prepared composition is filled in the moves of the carpenter. The treated surface is coated with paraffin.
3. Linseed oil. Apply to the surface with a brush or construction roller.

The components of the recipes are affordable, simple. They do not pose a threat to human health, but adversely affect the pest.

Insecticides Against Grinder

It is difficult to bring out woodworkers, if they spread massively, by folk remedies. In such cases, you have to resort to "heavy artillery" - the use of aggressive chemicals. Modern insecticides are highly effective in controlling woodworms.

Attention! Liquid preparations work better - they completely impregnate the structure of the processed material, expel the pest from it.

What to consider if you decide to etch the beetle with chemistry?

The nature of the processing. There are two categories of insecticides used in the control of woodworms:

1. residual drugs - they poison and lure beetles out of ambushes. Low toxicity to humans (after use, you can return to the processed house almost immediately);
2. poisons of acute action - the most effective, very toxic. They are able to destroy woodworkers instantly. Residents can enter the premises no earlier than a few hours (and sometimes several days) after the procedure.

When applying insecticides, special attention should be paid to the inner surface of the furniture, inaccessible areas of the wooden structure. The tool for woodworm bugs should penetrate deep into the pores of the material.

Often you have to drill holes in the affected logs to fill the insecticide in them.

After the introduction of the solution, the surface must be treated with sealant to enhance the effect of the drug inside the wooden object.

Remedy for woodworkers. Insecticides that can quickly kill a small pest are popular. They impregnate the deep layers of the tree, guarantee long-lasting protection against the carpenter:

• Empire-20
• "Wood healer"
• "Antizhuk".

It is necessary to study the instructions of the purchased product. In the course of work with him observe safety precautions, use personal protective equipment.

Grinder proliferation prevention

It is much easier to prevent tree infection by a woodworm than then to fight a bug that has occupied the territory for a long and tedious period. You should remember the elementary recommendations:

1. Conscientiously handle wooden building materials. Used for processing logs and boards such preparations from woodworms as Pinotex, Phoenix, Lignofix I-Profi are used.
2. Wooden structures should be immediately varnished or painted.If the surface needs to be left in its original, natural form, then instead of varnish, apply the thinnest layer of petroleum jelly.
3. To use “Polish”, “Gloss”, monochloramine and similar effective agents for cleaning wooden furniture.

Log, boardwalk buildings must often be ventilated, must be kept clean. These simple steps will help prevent a malicious grinder from settling in the house.

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