Common Furniture Beetle or the Anobium Punctatum is the woodboring beetle. These beetles are chocolate brown colored and have a covering of fine yellowish color. These beetles infest soft sapwood or the new growth timber. The adults grow up to 2.7-4.5 mm. The adults don’t feed and only reproduce. The females lay eggs in the wood cracks or inside any existing old holes. The females lay 20-60 eggs in small groups. Within 2-3 weeks the eggs hatch and in its larval stage, the beetles bore the woods and feed on it. The larvae are grayish-white and covered with hairs. The larva’s head is yellowish-brow, and the jaws are dark chestnut-brown. The lifespan of this species is four years. When the infestation rate is severe, these beetles can cause extensive structural damage.

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