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Enough Said.

Bugger, I just broke the frame of my old chess board. I was vacuuming the attic (Saturday, at a quarter to ten in the evening ) and I hit it unintentionally.... it fell down the stairs and yeah, now it's bust. Well, it wasn't a fancy or expensive board or anything, just a thin plywood board with a nice frame around it, but I had the thing for maybe 30 years now and yeah, bugger.

But to look on the bright side.... it creates a nice opportunity to make myself a new one with Winter on the doorstep. (totally original, with 81 squares or something)

(unbuggered)

I wonder how long till the cage smells again. Never takes long.


It's cold out.

Put away the beans and let me eat meat!

Oh No! The annual brown beetle plague has started!!

Hey!
I just turned off the lights in my room to watch the new Harrison Ford thriller
"Crossing Over"
and a Beetle started hopping around the room!
I caught it played with it and then put it on the balcony to fly away.

Take a photo of yours and post it here blue_bean and I'll tell you if they're the same.
I'm on the Gold Coast, so they might be fairly similar.
Mine was Really strong and a very pale beige. I couldn't hold in my fingers without it forcing it's way out.

You don't hurt them do you?

Daww, well I did take a photo but now I can't get the pic off my camera .

I can say that it's a lot smaller than a Christmas beetle, about 12-13mm in length, a light goldish brown colour with dark brown markings on its shell and a dark brown head. It has a roundish shape a bit like a cockchafer. They've evolved over the years; they used to have no markings.

I don't hurt them....but I can't stop the dog from eating them though

cockchafer (we call them Christmas beetles in Queensland) : That's what I thought mine was before I found it, it's a lot smaller though, like yours, but mine was a uniform colour all over.

What makes you say that? Are you an entomologist? I wish I was.

I'm just an amateur naturalist with a soft spot for our insect brethren

damn too : i thought about taking a photo in the moment
but I can't take close-ups til I get a better lense.

No, I'm no entomologist. It's just something I noticed over the years. They used to have plain shells and dark coloured heads but they don't anymore. Maybe it's a different beetle that comes every year now.

no, it's not. They're evolving.

Good night, I'm off now

I just heard a "hisss" and I have no idea where it came from or what made the noise.

Iam typing with my eeyes shut to test the accuracu f my touch tuping.

*eyes open*

Not terrible...

i find it hard to watch the end of the movie carrie where they poor the blood on her. it makes me feel distressed. that poor girl.