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- Professor Grubbly-Plank: "Yes, these are Bowtruckles, and as Miss Granger righty says, they generally live in trees whose wood is of wand quality. Anybody know what they eat?"
- Hermione: "Wood lice. But fairy eggs if they can get them."
- — Professor Grubbly-Plank teaching fifth-years about Bowtruckles[src]
Wood lice are crustaceans that live in trees.[1] In appearance, they somewhat resembled grains of brown rice. They were a favourite food of Bowtruckles, and were offered to them by wizards and witches who wished to obtain wood from the tree they lived in to use in making wands. Wood lice could also be used as potion ingredients.[2]
History[]
In 1995, Professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank scattered some of these to placate some Bowtruckles as she taught Rubeus Hagrid's fifth-year Care of Magical Creatures students about them.[3]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (First mentioned)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Woodlouse on Wikipedia
- ↑ Pottermore
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)