Moving and chopping the woodpile yesterday : Cast Iron Garden

The Chef very kindly moved and chopped the woodpile yesterday away from the bean trellis so I can keep it weeded. He found many creatures which I have documented.

Angry larval thing waving its head around

Long-horned beetle (family Cerambycidae). Many like it were inside the logs.

Big beautiful beetle living under the bottom log. I moved it over to new log pile.

A small caterpillar alternatively playing dead and thrashing its head threateningly around.

While we were outside, I noticed the basils and *Salvia coccinea* (tropical sage) sprouting.

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Fun finds! Do you think your shiny beetle might be a ground beetle Carabidae?

larksparrow says:

May 30, 2021 at 3:00 pm

I was thinking it might be the bess beetle like we found at Beavers Bend but I haven’t looked it up

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