Chap. 38 (33.) — Animals Which Breed in Wood
In the same manner, also, some animals are generated in the earth from rain, and some, again, in wood. And not only wood-worms144 are produced in wood, but gad-flies also and other insects issue from it, whenever there is an excess of moisture; just as in man, tape-worms145 are sometimes found, as much as three hundred feet or more in length.