Field Notes: December 5, 2025 Location: County Kerry, Ireland Encounter Summary: Thanks to the vigilance of a local observer - a subscriber traversing the sheep lanes of the Emerald Isle - I have logged a new entry for Petalus hibernicus. Known among the rural communities here as the "Bog-Rose," this organism is a master of wet-weather camouflage. At rest, its carapace appears as a deep burgundy bulb, indistinguishable from the wind-blown detritus of the heavy rains. However, as documented in th