- "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[src]
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.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (GBC version)