WW 5th March 2014


There is always something, always something new or perhaps something we knew but have forgotten. But no, pretty sure this was something new. Amara Aenea, there they were, lots and lots, in the dark, patrolling a smashed oak tree. What were they doing, eating algae apparently, you could not make it up. Others seemed to be busy doing other things on a mild early spring evening, and that is their business. Earlier we had found the mud out of Long Ash up to prickly Beara, and even the muddy adit to explore. Big Pool for a cuppa is always nice, no fish to see at Grenofen Bridge. (What do you call a fish with no eyes?) Before climbing the old track to the open down and there they were, busy, busy, busy. It appears they are also known as the Common Sun Beetle but that is not fair - they are Amara Aenea.

You really do have to be there ...

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