Woodworm

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Worm-eaten wood

A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including:

Ambrosia beetles (Platypodidae, Scolytidae)
Bark borer beetle / Waney edge borer (Ernobius mollis)
Common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)
Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum)
House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus)
Powder post beetle (Lyctus brunneus)
Weevils (Pentarthrum huttoni, Euophryum confine)