The majority of the furniture in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland is composed, partially or entirely, of wood. In Scotland, the main insect enemies of wood are the woodboring beetles (Furniture, Powder-Post, Death Watch, etc.). Describes the life cycle of the beetle from egg through larva, pupa, and adulthood, and discusses the destruction that each type of beetle wreaks upon wood. Lists the main methods of woodworm eradication available (fumigation, irradiation, liquid insecticides) and provides information about specific fumigants and proprietary brands of liquid insecticide.