The Ryno Pen

I found this little guy as we were parking the car on Saturday. Herself being disorganised enough to still have a camera in her Capacious Handbag clever enough to bring a camera, I insisted on getting a few shots done.

There’s his topside, and

here’s down-under.

According to the wise people at CSIRO, our find is a member of the species cybister tripunctatus. As far as size goes, our critter is about 1.5 inches long.

Here’s the critter in action, courtesy of Lambert Smith and http://www.insecta.co.za. Apparently ol’ tripunctatus is found throughout Asia and in Africa, as well as Mexico and who-knows-where else.

My Nature-loving Reader will probably agree: these streamlined sports models are cool!