Crikey There's a Cane Beetle in my Park!

What's a Critter like you doing in the city?

I am a country girl. I grew up in a very small town with two main industries Fishing and Sugar Cane. A lot of my childhood was spend keeping little black beetles as pets. I would keep one in an empty margarine container with six pieces of grass and a leaf.

Oh that sounds like such a sad childhood, it's not like I only had little black beetles to play with. They were just safer than the Bee I had kept for a short while. Housed in a brick pen with wire on the top and a spoonful of honey.

But I digress.

The little black beetles, to me, have always been known as a Cane Beetle. This would be because of the Sugar Cane fields we lived by, I guess.

I was more than a little surprised last week when I spotted this critter in the city. He aspired memories of long ago summers.

And he's not even a Cane Beetle; he's a...

Black Beetle

Audrey, Lady of The Manor.