Deathwatch beetle
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The deathwatch beetle is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. The adult beetle is brown and averages 7 mm in length. Eggs are laid in dark cre
Xestobium.rufovillosum
Adult in side view
The Tell-Tale Heart
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity whil
Deathwatch beetle
…Henry David Thoreau published an essay mentioning the deathwatch beetle. It is possible that this essay influenced Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and that the sound the protagonist was hearing at the end of that story was that of a beetle tapping inside the wall, not the beating of the (dead…
The Pioneer, Vol. I, No. I, Drew and Scammell, Philadelphia, January 1843
Illustration by Harry Clarke, published in 1923
"The Tell-Tale Heart" in The Pioneer: A Literary and Critical Magazine, page 29
The Tell-Tale Heart, 1883 charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon.