{{Quote|Welcome to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. We aren't serving any customers at the moment...we need to tend to an outbreak of bookworms. But please come back soon.|Flourish and Blotts saleswoman|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)}}
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{{Quote|Welcome to Flourish and Blotts Bookshop. We aren't serving any customers at the moment...we need to tend to an outbreak of bookworms. But please come back soon.|Flourish and Blotts saleswoman|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)}}
A '''bookworm''' is a general term for any insect known to deliberately cause damage to books, such as the booklouse or common furniture beetle.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Bookworm (insect)|Bookworm]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref> In [[1991]], [[Flourish and Blotts]] was forced to close shop for a time to tend to an outbreak of bookworms.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' - GBC version</ref>
A '''bookworm''' is a general term for any insect known to deliberately cause damage to books, such as the booklouse or common furniture beetle.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Bookworm (insect)|Bookworm]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref> In [[1991]], [[Flourish and Blotts]] was forced to close shop for a time to tend to an outbreak of bookworms.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' - GBC version</ref>
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Bookworm
Species information
Distinction(s)
Causes some form of damage to books
Status
Extant
"Welcome to Flourish and Blotts Bookshop. We aren't serving any customers at the moment...we need to tend to an outbreak of bookworms. But please come back soon."
A bookworm is a general term for any insect known to deliberately cause damage to books, such as the booklouse or common furniture beetle.[1] In 1991, Flourish and Blotts was forced to close shop for a time to tend to an outbreak of bookworms.[2]
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