After being indoors all day, Mark and I headed to the pier late this afternoon. We watched as the clouds gathered on the horizon once again and threatened another round of rain. Barreling out of the Bayou was water that was heavy laden with red clay. This clay obviously was making the Bayou inhospitable to any fish. As we were watching, millions of tiny minnows, mullet and other fishes were trying to make an escape to cleaner water. The redfish were taking advantage of this mass exodus. The large fish were tearing into the confused smaller fish. Such a feeding frenzy was a call for us to grab the fishing poles! Since there were some handy in the small skiff, Mark retrieved them for our use. While there, he "rescued" a bug for me! A Green June Beetle had become waterlogged and was drowning in the rainwater that had accumulated in the boat. Mark lifted the beetle up to me so I could examine it closer. It was beautiful!
The Green June Beetle is sort of a misnomer for this particular beetle. The one today was more gold than green. It had only splotches of green on its iridescent body. My thoughts immediately went to Edgar Allan Poe's tale "The Gold Bug". This thought made the critter even more appealing as he is one of my favorite authors.
The Green June Beetle is actually a type of scarab. It is most abundant in the southeast where the grub (larva stage) is known to do much damage to lawns. The folks who pride themselves in having a perfect lawn go to great means to exterminate this bug. Me? I think the critter is pretty. Perhaps if I worried myself over the grass, things might be different but I figure beauty is where you find it. Today, I found it in the June Bug.
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