How to get rid of furniture grinder

Furniture grinder is a dangerous insect for those houses that have wood. They are able to deliver many problems, causing irreparable harm to furniture and other products. Beetles settle in warm rooms, in wood of almost any species. At the first sign of the presence of these pests, emergency measures should be taken to get rid of them immediately.

General characteristics of a furniture pest

The adult individual of the furniture parasite is a small dark-brown bug. The length of his body is within 4-5 mm. The beetle belongs to the order of beetles. It is harmless in terms of danger to human health. Pests are ubiquitous, the most common among them are such species: grinder beetlefurniture grinder and house man with a barbel. In everyday life, they are called tree-shafts, tree burners and tree-eaters.

Furniture grinders propagate by laying eggs. Females dump them into the smallest crevices, grooves, grooves in wooden products. After 7-14 days, the voracious larvae emerge from the eggs, which are capable of sharpening wood, gnawing at it, a whole network of winding passages and labyrinths. If there are a lot of them, then the furniture or the wooden floor in the house can turn into dust in almost one season.

Furniture grinder larvae

Important! In places where larvae accumulate, yellow-brown flour is present, which is an indicator that the wood is damaged.

Their development lasts from twelve months to several years. After the formation of the pupa, about three weeks should pass to complete the development cycle with the appearance of the beetle. He gnaws through the rest of the surface of the tree and crawls out.The diameter of the hole reaches several millimeters, but the pest is not alone and the entire tree mass is damaged. The furniture grinder on the photo posted on the site will help to get more closely acquainted with the dangerous pest of all wooden structures.

Signs of a pest in the apartment

It is almost impossible to notice a small “rodent” in an apartment or house, not to mention the larvae that inhabit the tree mass. There are irrefutable signs by which it is possible to accurately determine the presence of furniture parasites:

• Quiet tapping inside the furniture, reminiscent of the sound of a clock. The beetle publishes it during the breeding season. It is created thanks to a special shield located in the chest area of ​​the grinder. The insect strikes them against the walls of the progress made, causing such a peculiar noise. Sound shocks, in the amount of from six to ten, are interspersed with short pauses.
• Specific small holes on wooden surfaces, indicating the presence in a furniture grinder.
  
  

  Traces of the furniture grinder

The presence of at least one of these signs should alert the owners of the premises and make them carefully examine all the wooden accessories.Despite the lack of direct harm to human health, night tapping can interfere with proper rest. This is explained by the fact that the activity of the larvae is greatest at this time of day. Pests grind wood, so they prefer wooden buildings or apartments that have furniture made from this material. The "tireless work" of bark beetles can turn wood into dust, which will cause great damage to the household.

Pest control methods

If problems arise, how to get rid of a furniture grinder, then it should be noted that this process is quite laborious and does not guarantee complete disposal of bark beetles. But despite this, the fight against beetles must be carried out using folk safe recipes or special chemicals.

Among the recipes invented by people, it is possible to distinguish such effective techniques:

1. Vaseline. A simple, safe, but durable way to destroy a furniture grinder. The tool is inserted using a syringe or pipette into the holes in the wood. After that, they are filled with wax or paraffin.
2. A mixture of turpentine and kerosene.The ingredients are mixed in a ratio of 3: 1 and the resulting composition, using a brush, process all wooden surfaces. Sometimes naphthalene is added to this solution.
   
   

   Folk remedies from a furniture grinder
3. Temperature effects. To cope with the destroyers of wood can be by heating or freezing products.
4. Salt. The highly concentrated solution is used to treat the surfaces affected by the beetle - furniture and walls, on which no precipitation falls. Effective way allows you to completely destroy the grinder.

Furniture grinder can be destroyed and such well-proven methods:

• the use of protective impregnation for wood;
• treatment with insecticidal or hormone-containing furniture preparations;
• mechanical removal of infected areas of wood;
• protecting homes and furniture with phosphine-based fumigators;
• the use of special traps.