This plucky grasshopper and his curious beetle-like chum (at 2 o'clock from him) were found crawling over the combine today as we finished. They had made it out of the crop alive - unlike, I suspect, many of their companions down at ground level.
Monday, 16 July 2018
Some lucky survivors
This plucky grasshopper and his curious beetle-like chum (at 2 o'clock from him) were found crawling over the combine today as we finished. They had made it out of the crop alive - unlike, I suspect, many of their companions down at ground level.
Saturday, 14 July 2018
Soon to die....
Tucked away in this web, built carefully among the ripening wheat stalks, lives a spider. The poor creature will soon be crushed to death by the combine harvester as it gathers the milling wheat, which will be shipped off to make bread. The bread will, of course, be labelled 'suitable for vegetarians'.
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