Powderpost Beetles
Late last winter I noticed a scattering of tiny dead beetles on the windowsill at the top of the cellar stairs. I immediately suspected that they had originated in the firewood pule at the foot of the stairs, but beyond my presumption that they’d spent a spell battering at the windowpane I had no idea what these creatures had been up to before they expired. Had they busied themselves laying eggs in the floor joists? Or just in the same firewood that produced them? Or did procreation for them require time outdoors? Off they went to the Insect and Disease Laboratory in Waterbury, thus beginning my education in powderpost beetles.
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