My incoming email box this last month was full of questions about the powderpost beetle and its holes in kiln dried wood, and bamboo too. So let’s put everything we know about this pest in one place.

The powder post beetle is one of the most destructive pests in the country. It is a wood- boring insect that's a serious threat in coastal regions throughout the United States including Hawaii. They ...

A. Beetles are indeed a serious problem, mainly because they spend most of their life tunneling inside the wood, making the wood very weak. Of course, the holes they make to the outside are not very ...