Powder post beetle
Bought a flagstaff travel trailer 3/14 and noticed yellow powder on ledges of cabinets. Did some research to find out that it was powder post beetles and they were in the paneling when we bought it fr...
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tpi wrote:
I know this doesn't help in the OP's location. But I often wondered what a month of outdoor storage in the lower southwest deserts would do for pests like these, termites, or bedbugs. What I read, the beetles are killed by 4 hours at 130 degrees. This is similar to the other pests. I've seen alternative curves for longer time at lower temps. You would think a couple of weeks of the RV getting to 120 plus in the desert sun would kill off a lot. RVs don't have the thermal mass of a house and don't have a foundation for sub termites to exist. Even not in the desert, (I live in OC), I've seen mine for hours over 100 degrees inside at times-if I haven't ventilated.
Temps in these lower desert areas can be 115 plus for days on end. Interior temps can and do go higher even in RVs
That won't do much for the damage already done.
I think I'd do the 1 and 1 treatment, then call the insurance company, and the fire company.
1 and 1 treatment = 1 qt of gas and 1 match.
