do you only hear the death watch beetle when it is mating then, and when is that ? cause i can hear a tapping now and its sept? also how loud will it be by the knocking i can hear it must be enormous!!!!!!! and is it always in the same place at skirting level and half way up the wall(would they be half way up the wall? im going mad
Reply to Going Mad To mimic the sound of a death watch, drop a pencil, point down, onto a hard wooden table top, from a height of about 3 cm. The multiple taps made by the pencil's bounce is a very good approximation of the beetle's noise.
hi Two years ago I made a magazine 'book case' out of old slate pallets. For the past year I have heard a 'ticking' noise from the side of this 'bookcase' I have taken out the magazines and inspected it carefully - no dust and no holes, so I put the magazines back again! I can still hear the 'ticking' noise each evening - Is it a death watch beetle?? or something else? - by the way, we do not have central heating, only a wood burner (and wooden floors!)
Reply to carol b Deathwatch seems unlikely since pallets are usually made of the cheapest soft-wood available. However, you may have something else in there. Unfortunately, only waiting and seeing is probably your only option. Deal and pine are sometimes home to the larvae of the large 'golden' jewel beetle, Buprestis aurulenta. The larvae are deep in the wood when it is cut and used for furniture, foorboards or maybe even pallets. A native of North America it has emerged from timber all over the world, inclusing Europe, Australia and Hawaii. You may have a long wait. There is a record of larvae being uncovered by someone sanding floorboards, 51 years after the building was put up.
Help! At night I can hear a rhythmic whirring, clicking sound which I had assumed was a death watch beetle, but after reading descriptions of the sound it makes, I don't think it's a death watch. It was upstairs in my house but has migrated down to the living room. I can't find the culprit but I'm pretty sure it's an insect of some kind. I first heard it about three weeks ago-any idea what it could be?!
Reply to Nettie Sorry, I'm mystified. Could it be some flying moth or beetle. You'll have to start moving the furniture about and rolling back the rugs.
i have been hearing the tick,tick,tick for weeks now,its been driving me mad,thought it was mice in the floor,but after research i came to con that it was dwb.I have found one in a box on the floor,after lots of tracking down!I have told my landlady,hope the house isnt going to crumble?
Reply to nix You probably have 50 -200 years before the house falls in. Fighting against woodworm attack used to be part of the regular work done on a house to stop it falling down, as beams, lintels and joists were repaired or replaced piecemeal as large dangerous infestations were discovered. There was never any attempt to rid a house entirely, this is a modern idea created in a world of plastic replacement windows, vinyl floors and double glazing.
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To mimic the sound of a death watch, drop a pencil, point down, onto a hard wooden table top, from a height of about 3 cm. The multiple taps made by the pencil's bounce is a very good approximation of the beetle's noise.
Two years ago I made a magazine 'book case' out of old slate pallets. For the past year I have heard a 'ticking' noise from the side of this 'bookcase' I have taken out the magazines and inspected it carefully - no dust and no holes, so I put the magazines back again!
I can still hear the 'ticking' noise each evening -
Is it a death watch beetle?? or something else?
- by the way, we do not have central heating, only a wood burner (and wooden floors!)
Deathwatch seems unlikely since pallets are usually made of the cheapest soft-wood available. However, you may have something else in there. Unfortunately, only waiting and seeing is probably your only option. Deal and pine are sometimes home to the larvae of the large 'golden' jewel beetle, Buprestis aurulenta. The larvae are deep in the wood when it is cut and used for furniture, foorboards or maybe even pallets. A native of North America it has emerged from timber all over the world, inclusing Europe, Australia and Hawaii. You may have a long wait. There is a record of larvae being uncovered by someone sanding floorboards, 51 years after the building was put up.
Sorry, I'm mystified. Could it be some flying moth or beetle. You'll have to start moving the furniture about and rolling back the rugs.
You probably have 50 -200 years before the house falls in. Fighting against woodworm attack used to be part of the regular work done on a house to stop it falling down, as beams, lintels and joists were repaired or replaced piecemeal as large dangerous infestations were discovered. There was never any attempt to rid a house entirely, this is a modern idea created in a world of plastic replacement windows, vinyl floors and double glazing.