Day 3.214: Busy beavers

As I suspected yesterday, there were quite a few things for us to deal with around the house, but more of that later.

We spent part of what seemed like a very long hungry morning having a walk at Five Rivers. We did not see a beaver - alas! However, there were many signs of its/their labours. Funnily enough just before we arrived at the weir that holds the water in the lake I was musing on the fact that the beaver(s) here do not need to build a dam - it seems that they decided to in any case and have increased the depth of the lake by several inches.

We also saw some very pretty wild flowers.

I even managed to get everyone to pose for our habitual group-shot.

We may not have been looking our best - but we were all standing up and at least tolerably conscious.

Now, back to the household - by way of a quiz.

Which of the following did we not find?

1. The fish feeder had long since stopped dispensing food.
2. A mouse in the trap - its corpse alive with maggots.
3. A praying mantis on the front door frame.
4. A two-inch long beetle on the kitchen counter.
5. A dead mole resembling a pile of fabric on the lawn.

All but one were waiting for us at our home - guess away about which one I made up!

UPDATE:
See below for the guesses then check the answers here.