Setting Sail on the Good Ship Whirligig
Whilst out by a small stream, hoping to see the Southern Hawker Dragonfly that was there previously when I didn’t have my camera with me, I noticed an abundance of whirligig beetles. Nothing out of the ordinary, they were just doing their usual…. whirligigging.
Then I noticed a leaf, slowly drifting along with the current which looked like a perfect little raft. Something that the beetles agreed with as one by one they clambered on-board until the leaf was packed.
Perhaps taking a moment to rest out of the water, in the sun. Or maybe upping sticks and setting sail for a better life somewhere further down stream, where life is less hectic? Either way, I stood and saluted as they slowly drifted past, as I believe this is the universally excepted response to this kind of occurrence.
I took a few photos at water level but really this was a spectacle that needs to be seen on video rather than through images which you can see below.