Wood Boring Weevils

Euophryum sp

Appearance

•  Adults – 2.5-5mm in length. The weevils are reddish brown to black. They have a long snout, a cylindrical body and short legs.
•  The larvae are creamy white, C-shaped, wrinkled and legless.

Lifecycle

•  Eggs are laid singly by the female in specially evacuated holes. They are glossy, white, flexible and flattened at one end and they hatch within 16 days.
•  The larvae tunnel in the wood between six months and a year. They pupate near the surface between two to three weeks.
•  The adult emerges in the summer by boring its way leaving exit holes. The adults may live for over a year.

Habits

•  Damage is associated with damp and decaying wood, particularly timber already rotted by cellar fungus. Infestations can spread to adjacent healthy wood.