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BY GETTING RID OF WOOD BORERS WE ALSO GET RID OF THEIR PARASITES

This is why TIMPEST has intensified its research and has widened its range of products against wood borers.

Wood borers, in addition to causing damage to wood structures, can be bearers of parasites that are harmful to humans: wood borer mites and the Sclerodermus Domesticus.
WOOD BORER MITES (Pyemotes Ventricosus)
  • it is a mite: it belongs to the arachnid family
  • it is invisible to the naked eye (0,2 mm)
  • it is a parasite of the wood borers present in furniture
  • to fight it, it is necessary to eliminate the wood borers
  • contact with the mite happens through, fabric, bed sheets, clothing
  • adult mites emerge from the gravid female
  • only the females are able to bite humans
  • they do not have eggs, larvae or nymphs
  • the same mite bites repeatedly
  • they are attracted by the carbon dioxide emitted by the human body
  • usually the bite is not noticeable
  • the lesions affect the areas around the pelvis, torso, extremities of the limbs, neck and even the face
  • the apex of the dermatitis is during the warmer months (end of May > end of September)
  • Medical help is required for the treatment of the dermatitis
SCLERODERMUS DOMESTICUS (Hymenoptera Bethylidae)
  • it is a micro-hymenoptera similar to a small ant
  • it is about 3-4 mm long
  • to reach its maximum development it feeds on the larvae of the wood borers
  • usually its presence is associated with that of anobid wood borers
  • it infests all the types of wood affected by wood borers
  • deposits of rotting wood are hotbeds for this species
  • to fight these microorganisms it is necessary to eliminate the wood borers
  • contact happens through, fabric, bed sheets and clothing
  • usually the bite is noticeable
  • it injects venom that triggers dermatitis
  • just one micro-hymenoptera is able to cause even 40 lesions
  • the lesions are spread between the areas around the pelvis and the torso
  • the apex of the dermatitis is during the warmer months (end of May > beginning of July)
  • Medical help is required for the treatment of the dermatitis