"With so many people hunting them, hiding makes sense," Percy says, "my wife always says animals know more than we give them credit for. She's a ranger you see and tracking animals and people is something she is very good at. She and her brother taught me all I know about stealth and hunting."

He very carefully brushes two beetles off the rock with one hand letting them drop into the other one. He then gently and carefully lowers the rock and offers one of the beetles to the young woman. "One is enough each. I think we can find more elsewhere."