Think of the Isle of Skye and what comes to mind? Eagles perhaps. Otters probably. Though I had plenty of the former and none of the latter during my week's holiday fiddling about on the Island, perhaps the most intriguing thing that the week produced was a tad less glamorous. Actually, there is a link, in that it was my eagle-eyed mate that spotted it. It could be a seed maybe, or perhaps a rabbit dropping?
It is, in fact, a beetle. The most intriguing part is underneath where all the legs and various other sticky-out beetle bits are retracted into precisely shaped slots in the body creating a featureless shape.
Byrrhus pilula - the perfect fold-away beetle.
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Amazing - I've often seen click beetles and weevils play possum like that but this beastie has perfected the art.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, its the little things wot get ya! Linda
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