Oh! Isn't It Cute!

This colorful little leaf beetle is found on the CB skunkbush sumac. But we have finally figured out that its larva is what we previously identified as possible sawfly larva, thus blaming an innocent plus non-existent sawfly for eating up the Rhus. Dang it.

But this reminds Crumby of the Druid dichotomy: Which is better, to have sinned and been forgiven, or never to have sinned at all? Mercy me, and me oh my. This is a very tough or difficult Druid dichotomy. Because Crumby and Ray also, the twain bosom companions, are always sinning, and then being forgiven. But what if Crumby and Ray commit some sins but are run over by a great vehicle before those particular sins can be forgiven. Then what?

Hmm. This is precisely why many people get old. As we age, we are maybe less likely to be filled with sinful energy, so we commit fewer sins, and thus, are less likely to require forgiveness. Also, with age, may come wisdom. And burdened with wisdom, plus age, we may sin less.

But like what happens if Crumby has misidentified a bunch of bugs, sinned and sinned again in other words, and then got run over while riding his bike to the liquor store? Will the WG show Crumby any mercy? Probably not. That's why the average sinner needs to make a clean breast of it long before he or she is apt to get run over.

Well. At least Crumby won't burn in Hades over this dern vermin. Please see the corrected version of the 3-28-2011 entry to this venue and see how Crumby atoned for this particular sin.