Carpenter Bee
Carpenter bees appear large; approximately one inch, and can resemble bumblebees. Some species may have a blue-black, green or purple metallic sheen; free of hair on their abdomen.
Carpenter bees often burrow into the unexposed dry wood or building, telephone poles, fence posts and bridges and prefer softer wood for nesting. They are not social insects, although, individual bees may establish burrows close to one another.
Their diet consists of pollen and nectar. Carpenter bees complete one full generation per year throughout most of the U.S.. Maturation from egg to adult occurs within 84-99 days. Female carpenter bees furnish their nest with "bee bread" which is a mixture of pollen and regurgitated nectar. Once finished, eggs are laid on top of it.
Miscellaneous Information: Males do not sting, but females have a potent sting, which they rarely use; make loud buzzing noise when flying.
Carpenter Ant
Carpenter ants are among the largest of ants. They range in size from ¼ to 3/8 inches long. They are most commonly found in the color black but some have reddish or yellowish coloration. Worker carpenter ants have large mandibles.
Carpenter ants normally nest in dead or water-damaged portions of standing trees, stumps or logs, or can burrow under fallen logs or stones. Their nests look like hollow galleries carved in the wood. Carpenter ants may move into buildings in search of food; foraging ants will travel up to 100 yards from their nest to look for food.
Carpenter ants do not eat wood. Instead, they feed on a variety of both plant and animal food and other insects, preferring sweets and meats.
The carpenter ant Queen lays 15-20 eggs the first year, and up to 30 eggs the second year. Eggs complete their life cycle in about 60 days; worker ants can live up to seven years, while a queen may live up to 25 years.
Miscellaneous Information: Hollow "galleries" in nests are so smooth, they appear to be sandpapered; colonies can contain up to 30,000 workers, but usually have only one egg-laying queen per colony.
Bostrichid Powderpost Beetle
Bostrichid Powderpost Beetles are elongated and slender.
They appear reddish-brown to black and are approximately 1/8 to ¼ inches long.
Females Bostrichid Powderpost beetles bore into wood and create tunnels for laying eggs. They feed on both softwoods and hardwoods, usually new wood that is less than 10 years old.
Their eggs are laid inside tunnels. Their larvae can complete their development in about one year; but have been known to take up to five.
Miscellaneous Information: They are often found in oak firewood and in furniture.
Powder Post Beetle
Powder Post beetle adults are small, slender and flattened and have reddish-brown to black coloration. They range from 1/8 inch to ¼ inches long and have short antennae. 
Their larva is usually less than ¼ inch long appearing cream colored and slightly C-shaped.
Powder Post Beetles attach to the sapwood of hardwoods, especially oak, hickory, and ash, creating small, round holes, which appear in hardwood floors, furniture, molding and fixtures.
They feed on starch, sugar and protein in the sapwood of hardwoods and prefer moisture content of between 10 and 20 percent.
Powder Post Beetle life cycles average one year, with the majority of time spent in the destructive larval stages. On average, females lay approximately 20-50 eggs.
Miscellaneous Information: They are the most common of the wood-boring beetles in the U.S.; their larvae can reduce timber to a mass of very fine, powder-like material.
Subterranean Termite
Subterranean Termites have four "castes" within a colony.
- Worker; approximately ¼ inch long, light colored, wingless;
- Soldier; elongated head with mandibles;
- Supplementary reproductives; wingless or very short, non-functional wings; light colored;
- Primary reproductives: winged, and darker than other members, caste most often seen by homeowners.
They live in colonies underground and are able to reach food above the level of the ground by building mud tubes. They are dependent on moisture for survival.
Subterranean Termites feed on wood and other cellulose material. They harbor one-celled organisms in their digestive tracts to help them digest cellulose.
Different rates of growth from egg stage to adult depend on individual species. They have one queen per colony, which can lay tens of thousands of eggs in her lifetime; most eggs are laid by supplementary reproductives in an established colony.
Miscellaneous Information: Colonies can contain up to 1,000,000 members; termites are primitive insects closely related to cockroaches; in nature, termites help convert dead wood to humus (the organic layer of soil).
Drywood Termite
Drywood Termites appear larger than subterranean termites. They average up to ½ inch long void of worker caste in their colony.
They create colonies in wood, with no connection to the ground necessary and are often found in attic wood. Drywood termites need very little moisture to survive.
They usually feed on wood but occasionally feed on other cellulose material.
Drywood termite Nymphs pass through seven stages before reaching adulthood; sexual forms eventually swarm to form new colonies.
Miscellaneous Information: The Drywood Termite wood damage is different than that of other termites; these termites cut across the grain of wood excavating large chambers, which are connected by small tunnels; their colonies may contain up to 2700 members.