The wharf borer, Nacerdes melanura, belongs to the insect order Coleoptera, the beetles. They belong to the family Oedemeridae, known as false blister beetles. Wharf borers are present in all the states of the USA except for Florida. It takes about a year to develop from an egg to an adult. The name 'wharf borer' comes from the larval stage of this insect, which often lingers on pilings and timbers of wharves, especially along coastal areas. The adult beetles are identifiable via a black band across the end of both elytra. In addition, wharf borers are distinct from other members of the family Oedemeridae due to the presence of a single spur on the tibia of the forelegs and the distance between both eyes (twice the length of one eye). The female beetle oviposits eggs on rotten wood, on which the larvae hatch, burrow, then feed. Adults do not eat and depend on stored energy reserves accumulated as a larva. They are considered a pest because they damage wood used in building infrastructures.
The wharfborer, Nacerdes melanura, belongs to the insect order Coleoptera, the beetles. They belong to the family Oedemeridae, known as false blister...
longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) Powderpost beetle (Lyctus brunneus) Wharfborer (Narcerdes melanura) Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the...
borer at bay. Wood above the waterline may be attacked by a number of insects, including termites, carpenter ants, and beetles. One beetle, the wharf...
little economic importance, with the exception of one species, the "wharfborer" (Nacerdes melanura), that is ever known to attain pest status, as its...
Regum Britanniae, III.ii. Spelling was not standardised until much later: Borer 1978. "Billingsgate history". Archived from the original on 22 June 2007...
district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading...
Buses from Mansion House and St Paul's The City of London - A History, Borer, M I C: New York, D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0-09-461880-1 Fraser, Antonia (1999)...
attractive to users is the resistance to insects, bacteria, fungi and marine borers. The wood has anti-bacterial properties (for local medicinal use) Vessels...
Daily. Retrieved 2022-05-01. Castagna, Michael. "Shipworms and Other Marine Borers" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. United States Department...
buildings at Lyttelton, dating from 1882, were irreparably infested with borer. By the 1950s, years of deferred maintenance had led to the station buildings...
February 2008, archived from the original on 11 February 2008 Mary Cathcart Borer, Two Villages: The Story of Chelsea and Kensington. London: W. H. Allen...
and weatherboarding. The sapwood is usually not attacked by the lyctus borer. Heartwood is light, of a pale yellowish brown. The texture is medium and...
Formation (Middle Jurassic, SW Utah, USA) and its associated encrusters, borers and nestlers". Ichnos. 3 (2): 79–87. Bibcode:1994Ichno...3...79W. doi:10...
The Brisbane River then flows past wharves including Pinkenba Wharf and Portside Wharf, past Bulwer Island and Luggage Point through the Port of Brisbane...
Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2013. Borer, Mary Cathcart The City of London: A History. New York: McKay, 1977 (pp...
London's Golden Age. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-7181-9582-3. Mary Cathcart Borer (1984). The Story of Covent Garden. London: Robert Hale. Wikimedia Commons...
second was trapped in the same field on 20 October 2001. European corn-borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) Small magpie (Anania hortulata) A. coronata A. verbascalis...
Coumarins of the Fraxinus Species Resistant and Susceptible to Emerald Ash Borer". Molecules. 23 (11): 2734. doi:10.3390/molecules23112734. PMC 6278661....
married in 1874, and sold it when its kahikatea timbers were suffering from borer. In 1922 he moved to live with his son, Harold, in Canterbury, Melbourne...
taxonomical studies of several species and of two strains isolated from wharf-piling borers. Mycologia 45: 727- 746. 1953. (With J. L. Miranda.) Chemical analysis...
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