Beetle grinder - an insidious and dangerous pest for people

Beetle grinder is a real misfortune. They are also called pretense by the people, because in case of danger they show their acting talent and pretend to be dead. These little bugs pose a serious threat to wood and everything that is made of it. They hit wooden furniture, plywood, walls of a wooden house, paper products such as books and cardboard.

Moreover, some species of these beetles are considered the most illegible insects in their diet, because their larvae can eat bread and tobacco products, dry cereals, wallpaper glue, dry plaster, and toxic drugs such as belladonna, aconite, ergot, and feel and develop well. . There are many species of this insect. In this article we will examine in more detail what a home beetle grinder is and how to get rid of it.

Interesting Facts

The insect got its name for the peculiar sound that it makes. This sound is like a ticking clock. A wood grinder publishes it with the help of a special shield located on his chest, hitting them against the walls of the passage that he gnawed.

This action occurs during the breeding season to attract females to mating.
Previously, people thought that if such sounds began to be heard in the house, then it should be immediately left, since such a tick portends the death of one of the inhabitants. In fact, they were right, since without the necessary means to fight the beetles with grinders, people could after some time be buried alive under the collapsed wooden structures. In some countries, the sound made by these bugs is called the "clock of death." And during the hostilities, soldiers often mistook such sounds for the ticking of an explosive mechanism and hurriedly left this place.

A warning! Do not confuse a grinder bug with a bark beetle. The bark beetle feeds exclusively on the bark of growing trees and does not settle in the house. These are completely different insects and methods of dealing with them also vary.

How does the beetle grinder appear

When the warm season comes, the female beetle lays a lot of eggs in gnawed holes and cracks. After a week, the larvae of the grinder beetle hatch from the eggs, which immediately begin to feed, gnawing moves in the wood and in everything connected with it. They constitute the greatest danger and cause enormous damage to human property. Vital activity of larvae occurs from one to three years. In the summer they are actively developing, and in the cold season they are in a state of suspended animation. In those places where there are no significant temperature differences, for example, in a heated room, the larvae develop year-round. Then they turn into pupae, from which adult individuals of the insect hatch, the purpose of which is further reproduction.

Being in the larval stage, pests manage to gnaw through almost the entire thickness of the tree, and the hatched beetles gnaw at the remains and go outside.The diameter of the hole is only a few millimeters, but since there are a lot of bugs, the entire surface will be covered with such holes, and the inside will become almost hollow.

How to detect bugs in wood and get rid of them

In order to deal with the beetles with grinders in a wooden house, you need to find them in time. The affected tree can be recognized if winding passages are visible on its surface and inside, and the bugs also leave traces in the process of their life - yellow or brown powder. In addition, the regular detection of unknown beetles themselves in the house is a reason to suspect that some window sill or threshold could well become a cozy home for small "ticking" guests.

If signs of parasites are found in your home, you need to immediately begin actions to eliminate them. If the affected wooden structure is not of particular value, it is better to burn it until the bugs spread further. In case such methods are not suitable, special means should be used to destroy the grinder beetle in the house.

How to get a grinder bug

In order to understand how to process a tree from a grinder beetle, it is necessary to determine the degree of damage and, depending on them, the following methods can be applied:

• If the wooden object is slightly damaged, it will be sufficient to simply fill in the holes created by the bugs with a pipette or syringe with liquid paraffin. After this, it is necessary to plug them with wax or paraffin. Repeat the procedure once every two weeks until the complete destruction of insects and new traces of their life. This method is the safest for residential premises.
• One of the safest methods is the use of insecticides. These drugs are most conveniently applied with a spray. It is very important that the product gets on all affected surfaces and hard to reach places. Significant advantages are their safety for people and pets, so after processing they can literally return to the premises in a few minutes, as well as the fact that their action is aimed not only at poisoning insects, but also at luring them out of their shelters.

The use of acute insecticides kills pests from the first seconds after application, but such poisons are already more dangerous for humans and animals, and you can return to the room at least four hours after treatment.

• In more advanced cases, it is worthwhile to purchase chemicals in the form of liquids and aerosols. Processing from the grinder beetle, carried out by toxic substances, requires the observance of certain safety measures, since their prolonged exposure brings significant harm to the human body. It is better to spend it in the warm season, when you can open windows and doors. Use a mask or respirator to protect your respiratory system. Do not light a fire in a treated room. In cold weather, before starting treatment, you should free the room from people, spray the product and leave the room for a while, returning you must carefully ventilate it. Perfectly recommended spray "Prima". It is sprayed onto the affected surface, after which the holes must be corked with any elastic material so that the aerosol does not weather, and the parasites completely die.
  
• If the area damaged by insects is so large that it is not possible to process it yourself, it is urgent to call experts on the destruction of pests. There is no need to save money, professionals who know their job will carry out complex processing of all types of pests, cope with a large area and give a guarantee for a long-term result.

Prevention of the appearance of furniture beetle

Pests cause significant damage to human property, if they are wound up, it is long, expensive and difficult to fight them. Therefore, it is easier and more profitable to carry out preventive measures against their appearance.The basis of prevention is the regular ventilation of the room, thorough cleaning and keeping wooden interior elements clean. As a care product, “Polish” or “Gloss” is perfect, their composition allows not only to scare away the beetle grinder, but also to maintain the furniture in good condition for a long time. Some wooden surfaces will be protected by regular and timely painting and varnishing. And an untreated tree can be wiped with a solution of chloramine or turpentine. It is recommended to rub the wooden floor with mastic with turpentine. But the most reliable way is surface treatment with antifungal and cleaning agents.

Furniture grinders love dampness, therefore, to prevent their appearance, it is advisable not to store wood in moist and unventilated places.

Also, for the prevention of wood damage by pests, it is necessary to process the logs at the construction stage, using such compounds as Phoenix, Pinotex, Senezh and others.