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The six-spotted green tiger beetle as it is known to its friends. Now I don't know if the name means that it takes 6 people to spotted these crafty buggers or that you don't really recognize it until you've spotted it 6 times. I put it down to the mysteries of naming things. They might as well have called it a Phil, that bright green thingy that is crawling up your leg boy I hope it ain't hungry, bug. It certainly does not roll off the tongue, but it makes as much sense as six-spotted green tiger beetle.

In any event I met Phil up at the park and failed to recognize him right away. I blame the fish, but that's another story. And then he refused to stand still and insisted on playing a game of tag with some ants. I never did learn all their names.

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