Rev Richard Lawry said deathwatch beetles were "certainly involved". "We were very grateful that this was during the night and no-one was there. It could have been very different," he added.

St Andrew's Church The figures were made of wood and plastered over to save on costs Deathwatch beetles are serious wood-boring pests and their tunnelling can cause major damage, the Wildlife ...

the deathwatch beetle. The 104-gun warship is undergoing a £45 million ($60 million) refit, which is one of the biggest of its kind carried out. Visited each year by over 350,000 people in ...

However, deathwatch beetles have bored deep inside the wooden frame and woodworm have attacked the surfaces of the timber. Fr Jonathan Sibley, vicar at St Mary’s, said: “It is a great worry ...

It was a plague of deathwatch beetles, leading to a £150,000 restoration deficit, that prompted Phillip Bailey, the ...

More money is needed to restore three historic buildings after death-watch beetles were discovered in the frames. Parts of the Grade II listed structures on Michaelgate in Lincoln date back to the ...

Goetze: There are over 30,000 described species in the United States and Canada and more than 300,000 species worldwide.