I see them in red oak and nothing else. Of course we don't have most of the exotic woods (hedge, hickory, beech, white oak, etc.) alot of you guys have.
We see them in cherry, red oak, and some maple. When we moved into our 205 yr old house the previous owner had stored firewood in the basement, and we did the same the first winter not thinking about it. We had an old home preservationist come do some maintenance work on some timbers and he showed us then old powder post beetle holes and what to look for. He had treated the basement 10yrs or so before we bought it. Apparently the previous owner noticed all the tiny holes and piles of fine dust in time. We no longer store firewood in the basement.
I've been storing over 2 cords of splits in my basement for about 13-14 years. I've never had any issues with any bugs bothering my interior framing, I've been watching regularly too. @ one point I had almost 6 cords of shagbark hickory go through with plenty of dust mess from beetles. Had an occasional borer fly around down there when the wood got warm. We end up fogging sometimes.
It’s more of an issue for old timber framed homes than modern stick built homes. I haven’t spent the time to research why, but an old home course showed us several homes and barns that the frames were getting eaten by powder post beetles. The newer framed remodeled parts of the houses/barns were not being eaten. The class instructor said old timbers were like candy to the powder post beetles.
