Boring Beetle

You’ve been lied to…the Bookworm, a symbol of the book smart, bibliophile class, does not exist!  There is no such worm or insect.  What we know as the Bookworm can actually be any number of wood boring insects in the larva stage, usually a beetle. 

So next time you’re called a Bookworm, because you’re occasionally seen reading a book recognize that they’re calling you a Wood Boring Beetle with no discernable trait for intelligence due to book-learning