Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation

Ashburton Lakes region, November.
A farmer clearing pest traps.

The tiny beetles,
found come upon
clinging to speargrass plants.

He took photos.
He shared them on a forum.
Experts quickly responded.

Once believed extinct for nearly 100 years —
rediscovered returned to the record
at Burkes Pass. Then here.

"At this stage, we don't yet know
how big or secure the new population is."

Both populations are small.
They could easily be wiped out
by fire, or a few years of bad growing conditions
for the speargrass plants they rely on.

The trap was for something else. He paused anyway.