... frequently drowned in pans of water, milk, broth, or the like. Whatever is moist they affect; and therefore often gnaw holes in wet woollen stockings and aprons that are hung to the fire... Insect Miscellanies - Page 146by James Rennie - 1831 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Stanford - 1918 - 398 pages
...sinkmg." White also records the now well recognised partiality of crickets for moisture, and relates that they " often gnaw holes in wet woollen stockings and aprons that are hung to the fire." He says, too, that " when they increase to a great degree, as they did once in the house where I am... | |
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