Little did my eldest son know, on waking up this morning, that he'd be manhandling two of our biggest UK beetles in the day ahead.

First up... a handful of cockchafers (or May bugs, or Doodlebugs or Billy Witches) in our moth trap.

The more zoologically-minded amongst you will note that there are seven "fingers" to each of the May bug's antennae on Ben's hand - so that makes it a male May bug then of course, because as you'll know - female Billy Witches have six fingers to each antenna.

You'll also note that we found a couple of Doodlebugs canoodling, so to speak.

A "special kiss", as Ben calls it. Hmmm....

Then, later today, I spied another male (big "antlers") stag beetle marching purposefully across our garden. We, as I'm sure you're also aware by now, have a couple of colonies of stag beetles in our gardens (one in our front garden and one in our back) so we are almost used to seeing gurt big stag beetles helicoptering around us every May.

Here are a couple of videos I've taken of some of our stag beetles over the last few years. I know. We're very lucky. 

There we go then. 

Beatlemania. Beetlemania here today, on the scorchio Costa Del Berkshire.

Keep well.

More soon.

TBR.