Furniture beetle  (Anobium punctatum)

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Glossary

  • Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.
  • Larvae: stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Pupation: the process of becoming a pupa, the stage of an insect's development, when huge changes occur that reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.

References

  1. Harde, K.W.(2000) A field guide in colour to beetles Silverdale Books, Leicester.
  2. Buczaki, S. (2002) Fauna Britannica. Hamlyn, London.
  3. Furniture beetle (October 2003): http://www.npta.org.uk/furniture_beetle.htm
  4. Common furniture beetle Rentokil Initial research (October 2003): http://www.ri-research.com/otherservices/propertycare/woodboring/frameset.htm
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