1975 Death Valley, California : SPRING
While driving thru a barren desert I glimpsed a red band circling around a hill.
I stopped, got out, and walked a quarter-mile to the base of the hill.
What could that red stripe be ?
Cavorting Beetles, Etching 8″x10″
It was a pile of red beetles … 2 or 3 deep …
too wide to step over … too wide to jump over …
Reddish orange with a black edge and each one inch long …
each individual struggling to reproduce the species.
Shining in the sun … copulating …
Why was this strip of land their chosen place to gather ?
Mary P Williams 
That’s bizarre. Did you find out?