Beetles in the family Lyctidae are known as powderpost beetles. They are so named because larvae leave a fine, dustlike powdered frass (a mixture of feces and food fragments) in their galleries that occasionally falls out of exit holes into small piles on floors or other surfaces. This powdered frass is characteristic of powderpost beetles […]
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Characteristics Adult Adult body around 8 mm long.Colour reddish brown to black.The body is elongate and cylindrical.Head directed downward and usually not visible from above.Larvae Larvae about 5 – 8 mm long.Colour nearly white. BodyC- shaped but with thorax enlarged.Introduction Bostrichids are commonly known as the false powderpost beetles. They are worldwide in distribution. Damage […]
Bostrichids are commonly known as the false powderpost beetles. They are worldwide in distribution. Characteristics Adult body around 8 mm long.Colour reddish brown to black.The body is elongate and cylindrical.Head directed downward and usually not visible from above. LarvaeLarvae about 5 – 8 mm long.Colour nearly white.Body C- shaped but with thorax enlarged. Biology & […]