Powderpost Beetles

• Between one-tenth and one-third inch in length and usually are reddish brown in color.
  
  
• Usually emerge in the spring.
  
  
• Found in softwoods and certain hardwoods used for construction, conventional homes and furniture.
  
  
• Are attracted to lights or to windows.
  
  
• Can emerge from wood used in construction from one to 10 years after a structure has been built.
  
  
• Burrow small, one-eighth inch round holes in wood.
  
  
  • The larvae channel close to the surface of the wood.
    
    
  • Fine, talc-like powder will fall from the holes.