Hi Katie I've used it - but don't recommend it because it only works if the larvae are actively feeding - otherwise they could be present, but you would hear nothing. Cathy In a message dated 5/21/2010 2:12:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi, My name is Katie Fisher and I’m the new Pest Control Technician at the Glenbow Museum. I just wanted to ask a somewhat out-there question regarding the detection of wood borers… this museum has been battling Powderpost Beetles for quite a while. Every 5 or so years a new wave will appear, a large-scale treatment process will happen (phosphene), but it just doesn’t seem to be effective in getting rid of the Powderpost population. Since it takes years for them to exit the wood, I feel like I’m somewhat just twiddling my thumbs in the meantime, wondering if the last treatment did the trick. A friend suggested that I might be able to use a stethoscope to hear the larva inside the wood… does anyone do this, to detect woodborers? Does anyone think it would be at all effective in hearing them? Cheers, Katie Katie Fisher Pest Control Technician Glenbow Museum 130-9th Avenue S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3 Tel (403) 268-4235 Fax (403) 265-9769 Catharine Hawks Conservator 2419 Barbour Road Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA t/f 703.876.9272 mobile 703.200.4370
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