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Wood affected by woodworm. Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the wooden item, with live infestations showing powder (faeces), known as frass, around the holes.. The size of the holes varies, but they are typically 1 to 1.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 128 to 1 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter for the most common household species, although they can be much larger in the case of the house longhorn beet
Wood decay caused by Serpula lacrymans (called true dry rot, a type of brown-rot). Fomes fomentarius is a stem decay plant pathogen Dry rot and water damage. A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot.
It has been used for many things. It has been used as a blood purifier, used to make bitter tea, and to treat every disease under the sun. People would put fresh leaves into nostrils to clear blocked nasal passages. Hot leaves were bound over sprains. It has been grounded into a powder to deter ants.
Bedbugs are the last thing you want to bring home from vacation. Find out what to look for to avoid letting the bedbugs bite – or hitching a ride back to your house in your suitcase.
Here's how you can prevent that from happening: Regularly clean your gutters and trim trees and bushes. Put mulch below the foundation line and apply metal mesh, such as copper or steel wool ...
A Florida man allegedly shot his ex-fiancée in the head after she called off their engagement. Timothy Hyder, 57, then allegedly asked the victim's daughter to call 911.
To prevent the spread of brown blotch disease on mushroom farms, various disinfectants and antibiotics have been used, but none are fully effective and nontoxic to humans. [2] Chlorinated compounds such as sodium hypochlorite are also used, but in moist conditions the growth rate of P. tolaasii populations neutralize the effects of the ...
A booklouse. The booklouse, also known as a paperlouse, is a soft-bodied, wingless insect in the order Psocoptera (usually Trogium pulsatorium), typically 1 mm or less in length.