Frass

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Frass

Description

Dust-like residue produced by wood boring insects such as powderpost beetles and carpenter ants. Frass contains fine wood powder and excrement.

Additional Images

  • Drugstore beetle

  • Frass


Authority

  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

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