WOOD BORING AND PESTIFEROUS BEETLES

Family Anobiidae

Members of the family Anobiidae are cylindrical beetles, 2-9 mm in length with their heads surrounded by the pronotum (Chinery 1993). They include the well-known Deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) and Furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum). Larvae usually develop in dead wood and often in carpentered timber where they cause much damage. The adults are short lived and do not feed (Csoka & Kovacs 1999).

Anobium paniceum	Anobium paniceum damage

Anobium punctatum damage.