Woodworm life-cycle. Computer illustration showing the life-cycle of a wood-boring beetle. From top: adult beetles mate; the female lays an egg in a d
Woodworm life-cycle. Computer illustration showing the life-cycle of a wood-boring beetle. From top: adult beetles mate; the female lays an egg in a depression in wood; the larva hatches and bores a tunnel into the wood, which it feeds on and lives in as it matures; the larva then pupates before hatching (not shown) into an adult.
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