It pleases us to see our representatives among you praised for their work.
More often our ecologists and conservationists meet hostility or laughter for their efforts, but today seems all celebration of their success in bringing the Large Blue back to the south of England.
This butterfly is easily known when seen, being indeed quite large, and very blue, and was first thought disappearing to the pins of collectors. Through skilful use of the battenburg cake our people showed it was in truth the local ant that disappeared - Myrmica sabuleti, whose nests play vital host to the caterpillars of the Large Blue.
The chequered battenburg was perforce the cake of choice in this endeavour, the regular preference of all those taking tea among us. Though whether the ants enjoyed the marzipan has not yet been revealed.
Maybe that will be the subject of a paper for tomorrow.
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