There I was.....

[Mrs Ava]

....digging a hole, a hole in the ground, so big and so round, and what did I find....

a sleepy newt
2 large white grubs
large pocket of clearish eggs, probably snails
1 large purple beetle

[Mrs Ava]

[Bionic Wellies]

Sounds like a 'morning after' story ....

[Val]

 ;DSo what you need is a purple beetle eater.....What is that song, Purple people eater? Anyone remember it?

[Palustris]

"Close the door they're coming through the window" The purple spotted people eaters.
Purple beetle is almost certainly a friend who will munch up your slugs for you!

[Mrs Ava]

'There was a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater, sure looked strange to me!'  I am a child again!

Good to know about the big beetle being a chum as there are lots scuttling around on the plot.

[Val]

 ;DYeah thats it...I asked OH he looked at me as if I was mad...glad someone else remembers. ;D

[aquilegia]

Oh so that's what a purple-spotted people eater is. Does it have purple spots? Or is it purple with other coloured spots? I've often wondered!

The white grubs weren't vine weevil were they EJ?

[Val]

 ;DThe Jury is still out on that. ;D

[Mrs Ava]

No Aqui, I know vine weevil grubs better than I know slugs and snails!  These were BIG grubs, altho not stag beetle big.

I love all of those songs Val, thanks to my folks bringing me up with a rather ecclectic taste in music.  One I haven't heard for yonks is Tommy Steele and his "Little White Bull'.  Happy days!  ;D

[Val]

Oh yes Tommy Steels....Water, water everywhere not a drop to drink, oh what else can a poor fellow do but sit right down and think....la, la, de da.... ;)