Old House Borer Animal Pictures
Hylotrupes bajulus
© Henrik Larsson/Shutterstock.com
Advertisement
Old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus, laying eggs on wood. This beetle is a major pest on wooden houses. Macro photo.
Old house borers are woodboring beetles with many common names, such as longhorn beetle and European house borer.
Old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus, laying eggs on wood. This beetle is a major pest on wooden houses. Macro photo.
Larvae hatch after the adults lay eggs on exposed wood surfaces.
common house borer. In the larval stage it bores in wood and feeds upon it
As soon as common borers hatch, they start to feed on wood, creating little tunnels.
