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The
eating the books is the drugstore beetle. It usually eats
food, like wheat, flour and spices. The bugs like to eat the gelatin and
that are used to make books. Librarians understood something was
when they found lots of
on the bookshelves. They also found
in the books. These were from the beetles chewing through the paper. A
said: "We've never encountered such a degree of infection before." She felt a lot of
for saving the books. She said if a
is ruined, "a piece of
has been lost".
