Woodborer Control Service (WBCS)

The woodborer is often called a wood-boring beetle. The term wood boring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood (le., are xylophagous). Larval stages of some are commonly known as woodworms.

Genuine infestations are far more likely in areas with high humidity, such as poorly ventilated crawl spaces. Housing with central heating/air-conditioning tends to cut the humidity of wood in the living areas to less than half of natural humidity, thus strongly reducing the likelihood of an infestation. Infested furniture should be removed from the house before the infestation spread.