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deathwatch beetle

Deathwatch beetle (Xestobium refuvillosum)

Borer insect (beetle species Xestobium refuvillosum) that tends to be small (less than 0.5 in., or 1–9 mm) and cylindrical. When disturbed, it usually pulls in its legs and plays dead. It makes a ticking or clicking sound by bumping its head or jaws against the sides of the tunnels it creates as it bores into old furniture and wood, a sound that, according to superstition, forecasts a death.

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The life of death in Deathwatch and Dying at Grace.(TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION)
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Deathwatch.(Video Recording Review)
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Reviews: Deathwatch: Raised from the undead
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'Deathwatch' a Captive Of Its Own Intensity
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BORED TO DEATHWATCH; Nothing can save this dull war effort from a drawn out end.(192)
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