Talk:Wart-biter

A fact from Wart-biter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 July 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the wart-biter bush-cricket (Decticus verrucivorus) obtained both its English and scientific names from a Swedish practice of using the cricket to bite warts from the skin?

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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I don't care what it says on the Arkive page - even though its cited, its wrong. The English common name comes from the ancient english tradition of using the crickets to remove warts. Do you really think we'd give a common name to one of our insects centuries ago based on what the Swedes did with it? It was a common practice across Europe, not specifically Swedish. 86.137.136.196 08:48, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

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