Predominance of the marine borer Limnoria indica Becker & Kampf on turpentine timber

Collections of the marine borer Limnoria spp. were obtained from blocks of wood at Sydney and wooden piles at Bowen, Queensland. While L. tripunctata Menzies was common on untreated Pinus radiata D. Don at Sydney and treated softwoods at Bowen, L. indica Becker & Kampf was generally the limnoriid species most frequently encountered on the outer heartwood of untreated turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Niedenzu) at both sites, and on the sapwood of CCA-treated turpentine at Bowen. L. quadripunctata Holthuis was also more often found on turpentine at Sydney than L. tripunctata.