{"id":669,"date":"2025-06-06T12:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/?p=669"},"modified":"2025-06-07T08:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:13:13","slug":"youll-want-some-clover-before-you-scratch-your-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"You’ll want some clover before you scratch your nose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An angry rescued female stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was walking on hot asphalt and so was this lovely lady.

Cars were about to join us.

Concerned for the lady’s safety, I volunteered my relocation services.

She objected by running.

Obviously, I insisted by picking her up.

She responded by spraying my fingers with a memorable fragrance.

Stunned but undeterred, I moved her to a safe location.

Just as we went our separate ways, I had a wild realization. (Can you imagine.)

The thing is, I\u2019ve picked up many a stag beetle in the tiny little nature reserve that I run.

(Usually because they got indoors and wouldn\u2019t leave.)

But they rarely ever ran from me, much less sprayed me.

Yet the lady I met today went full battle mode.

I couldn\u2019t shake the thought that stag beetles behave differently around the people they know.

I feel deeply honored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would consider nicknaming my beetles if I hadn\u2019t already done so.

PS. Clover is your lucky plant if you need to get rid of angry beetle perfume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was walking on hot asphalt and so was this lovely lady. Cars were about to join us. Concerned for the lady’s safety, I volunteered my relocation services. She objected by running. Obviously, I insisted by picking her up. She responded by spraying my fingers with a memorable fragrance. Stunned but undeterred, I moved her … Continue reading You’ll want some clover before you scratch your nose<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,129,128,17,114,5,12,84,94],"tags":[126,130,124,131,127,122,121,71,120,123,125,75],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-insectlife","category-insects","category-life-in-slovenia","category-neanderslavia","category-photos","category-slovenia","category-vojnik","category-wetlands","tag-europeanstagbeetle","tag-insectlife","tag-lucanuscervus","tag-mininaturereserve","tag-rogac","tag-rogacsamica","tag-samicarogaca","tag-slovenia","tag-stagbeetle","tag-stagbeetlefemale","tag-velikirogac","tag-vojnik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}