The beetles are black or brown and covered with greyish hairs on the upper body and wing cases. There are two shiny black spots on the thorax which resemble eyes
The fleshy larvae are greyish white and can grow to 1 3/8" when fully developed.
Lifecycle
The female lays eggs in summer to early autumn in cracks and crevices of wood. They are yellowish to greyish white, elliptical with pointed ends, and hatch in two to three weeks
The larvae do the most damage, as they tunnel in the wood for between three and eleven years.
The larvae pupate near the surface of the wood and adults emerge after approximately three weeks.
Habits
It infests seasoned or partly seasoned softwoods. It usually damages sapwood but heartwood can also be affected
Infestation takes place in isolated instances where infested packing case timbers have been transported.