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It apparently doesn’t take long to find something in Paint Rock that no one has ever seen or documented before.
Luben and Bill got lost in grant deadlines. Patty and Steve got lost in the great open spaces between Paint Rock and Los Angeles.
But Beth, writer Tony Hiss and ant specialist Doug Booher spent another day lost in the wildness of Paint Rock forests.
We all wish we could have been there with them.
The first warm shine of spring inspired the insects, and Doug found creatures neither he or others had anticipated, including two rove beetles from a mostly tropical (!) genus of beetles (Stilicopsis), One of those beetles appears to be new to science. Doug was also excited by the capture of a little known ant that few (including himself) have ever seen – the winter active ant Stenamma meridionale.
Ahem. That was day one for Doug.
He’s already planning his trip back, and plotting with Harvard University researcher and ant specialist David Lubertazzi about the best ways to explore the invertebrate life of a forest that every day reveals something new and unexpected. (Stefan, you hearing this?)
Tony Hiss digests this all in his patient, note-taking way, asking penetrating questions even flying down those gut-wrenching slopes (they make the Six Flags roller coaster look tame). We’re all writing the story of Paint Rock from different perspectives, but we all seem to have one word in common: Wow.
