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2 unusual facts about lyctus


Lyctus

In 344 BCE, Phalaecus the Phocian assisted the Cnossians against their neighbors the Lyctians, and took the city of Lyctus, from which he was driven out by Archidamus, king of Sparta.

The citizens, on their return, abandoned it, and found refuge at Lampa.


Eucalyptus bosistoana

A significant timber species, resistant to termites though susceptible to lyctus borers.


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