MAYATE

This may seem like a bug that's cousin to the beetle, or you may not have ever seen this beauty before. To me, this "mayate" represents my childhood. I look back on the few times me and my Papi Lencho spoke or interacted and remember his crazy personality. Papi Lencho would tie a piece of thread to the mayate's back legs and give it to us kids to fly like a kite. It sounds kind of sad actually, but it was like holding a balloon at Disneyland to me. I don't see them anymore, I doubt they like the snow.