Cockroaches, book beetles (like the common bookworm beetle, Anobium punctatum), and booklice are known to damage books. Cockroaches can feed on the starch in paper and the glue in bindings. Book beetles in their larval stage bore through paper and covers, creating tunnels. Booklice feed on mold and fungi that grow on paper and bindings, and can also ingest paper fibers. Termites are wood- destroying insects and, while they can damage furniture or shelves holding books, they are not typically the primary cause of tunnel-like holes through the covers and pages of books in the same way as book beetles.