On 14 Sep, 12:40, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article .com,Des Higgins writes:
| I was trying to imagine the kinds of beasts that Steve Irwin might
| have tackled had he been a creepy crawley hunter. Imagine a guy with
| a butterfly net made from chain mail sneaking up on a big green shiny
| thing the size of a tennis ball and being very careful because:
| "these little fellers will take yer arm clean off at the elbow if
| ye're not careful"

You did it too well! And the interactions among insect species are
such that they could well have a close relationship with beetles.

))) He did indeed. Thanks Des - made me larf out loud so much I had
to read it all to my office!