Rare Rainbow Leaf Beetle

What’s a rare beetle girl to do? Why, look for a good beetle guy to call her own, of course! You know the saying, "It’s raining men?" – Honey, after every spring rain, it’s raining young, buff, rainbow-suited beetle men and I’m on a mission to find me one! He doesn’t have to be perfect, he just has to have a suitable wild thyme leaf to call his own and be as ready for a whole brood of beetle babes as I am. Now, that’s not asking too much, is it?

Your pet becomes an expert at finding its own food!

Many species of butterflies that migrate thousands of miles south in the fall do not return to their previous summer residences. One autumn a few clever butterflies devised a plan to make the long trip back home so they could be reunited with their friends again next year. The butterflies stitched a map of each leg of the journey, updating it whenever they stopped at a rest stop. A single strand of silk from their silkworm cousins kept the map securely attached to their abdomens.

After a long winter in sunny Mexico the butterflies studied the map carefully, took a big sip of nectar from their favorite flower, and off they went. Imagine the surprise of all their friends back home when they returned the following summer! The garden was abuzz with tales of their amazing journey. The butterflies’ stories were so inspirational that they all decided they wanted to experience that kind of epic road trip for themselves. Year after year, they planned destinations further and further away so they could challenge each other to set a new long-distance record.

Favorite food:

Flower (Blue Petals, Rainbow Leaves)

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