Spring can bring out more than just the blossom on the trees and the flowers in the garden. Adult woodboring beetles start to emerge from about April, making round or oval shaped holes in timber, leaving sharp edges. These...
It is quite possible you may not realise you have a woodworm problem until the resultant damage (done by the beetle larvae) becomes visible, as the adult beetles emerge. Depending on the wood-boring beetle species it can take anywhere...
This weekend the wood shed and the discovery of its unique ecosystem kept me busy. To make room for an impending delivery of logs to feed the wood burner throughout the winter, space needed to be created. When I...
First of all, it is a bit sad that there is no direct translation for the beautiful German word of ‘Nuetzling’. It is the word for the opposite and/or antidote to pest. Of course the definition is always from...
We’ve recently had a shake-up here at the UK end of deBugged. The fun-time social media and marketing folks have moved to a new office complex near Camberley whilst I remain secured in my darkened laboratory. They have a...
Last night a massive bug flew through the open window, scaring me half to death. With a mechanical sounding wheeze it made a bee line for the lamp then slumped, noisily on the table beneath. Quick as a flash...