Green Beetle (Manuka)

Nothing about a beetle or an ant belongs in the water, which is rather the point — once it's in, it isn't getting out, and a trout that's spent all summer learning this doesn't need convincing twice. The takes tend to be confident and unhurried, especially along undercut banks and under overhanging branches where windfall has been landing for as long as the tree's been there.

• New ZealandPresent

Pyronota festiva , commonly known as mānuka beetle or mānuka chafer , is a member of the Scarabaeidae family of beetles (Coleoptera) in the genus Pyronota . It is a scarab beetle endemic to New Zealand, and is commonly found in mānuka trees ( Leptospermum scoparium ), hence the beetle's name. In some areas it is considered a pasture pest.