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WOOD-BORING BEETLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

round-head borers, wharf borer.

OBS

There are a number of kinds of beetles that damage wood. Some infest only standing trees, but their damage is evident in lumber and buildings ....

OBS

borer beetle: generic term.

Key term(s)
  • wood-boring beetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Petit insecte coléoptère cylindrique, brun ou noir, à abdomen relevé en arrière et dont les larves creusent, sous l'écorce des arbres malades, des galeries rayonnantes (...)

CONT

Les scolyte typographe rongent les galeries mères.

Spanish

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