Attack of the Beetles...

I don't fully understand what is going on. The past few days I have walked into my classroom to find about 30-40 dying beetles twitching on my floor. They are about the size of 50 cent pieces and lay on their backs twitching. I rarely see a live one but when I have their behavior leads me to believe that they are part of a suicide cult. They fly in circles around my classroom crashing into walls, lights, doors, and eventually the floor. "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, SMACK!, Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, SMACK, BZZZZZZZZZZZZ, SMACK, DUNK, Bzzzzz, Bzz, Bz..." They then flop on their backs and race their legs for the next several hours before finally dying.

I spend the first ten minutes of the day sweeping and kicking beetles across my room. A few, in the grips of death, will latch onto the broom. I then have to beat the broom violently against a tree to loosen their grips. Their is a stray dog that waits for this morning ritual and eats the beetles. They crunch loudly in his mouth.

Perhaps they have been poisoned by the fart bombs.

posted by k meadows @ 3:40 PM