Answer:
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What always goes to bed with his shoes on?
What is the thing that stays the same size, but the more it's used the more it decreases?
I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.