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This novel examines themes of gender-based and class-based violence through horror, set in the time of the Spanish Civil War. [8] The work was a finalist for Semana Negra de Gijón 's Celsius Prize for Spanish-language science fiction and fantasy and won her an award as the best new Spanish-language author of the year at Festival 42 in 2022.
Wood affected by woodworm. Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the wooden item, with live infestations showing powder (faeces), known as frass, around the holes.. The size of the holes varies, but they are typically 1 to 1.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 128 to 1 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter for the most common household species, although they can be much larger in the case of the house longhorn beet
Samuel Little (né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer who was convicted of eight murders and confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005. [5] The Federal Bureau of Investigation 's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program has confirmed his involvement in at least 60 murders, the largest number ...
Adult Anobium punctatum measure 2.7–4.5 millimetres (0.11–0.18 in) in length. They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a prothorax resembling a monk's cowl. [2] The common furniture beetle is often confused with the drugstore beetle and cigarette beetle due to their similar appearance. The common furniture beetle can be distinguished from ...
Richard Allen Davis (born June 2, 1954) is an American convicted murderer whose criminal record fueled support for the passage of California's "three-strikes law" for repeat offenders and the involuntary civil commitment act for sex offenders and predators.
Fragment of a broomstick affected by woodworm. Woodboring beetles are commonly detected a few years after new construction. The lumber supply may have contained wood infected with beetle eggs or larvae, and since beetle life cycles can be one or more years, several years may pass before the presence of beetles becomes noticeable.
Artemisia absinthium, otherwise known as common wormwood, is a species of Artemisia native to North Africa and temperate regions of Eurasia, [4] and widely naturalized in Canada and the northern United States. [5] It is grown as an ornamental plant and is used as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe and some other alcoholic beverages.
An average adult shipworm measures 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) in length and less than one-quarter inch (6.4 mm) in diameter, but some species grow to considerable size. [2] The body is cylindrical, slender, naked, and superficially vermiform (worm-shaped).