House borer
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Anobium punctatum (de Geer)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Anobiidae
Size range
- Small beetle, 3–4 mm long
Distribution
- From Europe
- Found throughout New Zealand
Life History
- Larvae form tunnels in timber causing widespread damage
- Adults fly in summer from November