A black flying insect that burrows into wood is the carpenter bee. The female carpenter bees are the only ones with a stinger.
Ya mum's beetles...
Japanese hornets are about the same size as wood hornets. They also have black and orange horizontal stripes on the abdomen and thorax.
Termites eat wood!
a termite does
lyctus
termites
Wood
Termites.
It's destroyed by termites
A termite is an insect which eats wood and may infest homes. The insect in question numbers among the members of the Isopterainfraorder and seeks for food sources animal dung, leaf litter, and wood on the ground and elsewhere, inside and outdoors.
By providing leaves,flowers,wood,roots,fruits etc....So that the insect feeds on them.
The most common wood destroying insect in the UK is termites. The US suffers from termites destroying home structures just like the UK.