The punch was then removed and the edge of the hole in the pad clampered.

Ants are a special kind of bug. I think they are easily squashed by the foot; I'm sure I've unintentionally squashed a number of them with my feet in my adult life, and when I was a young child I believe I used to squash an occasional ant either for sport or more likely as a reaction to some feeling of myrmecophobia.

Bermuda green:

Edg. Pilicock sate on pelicocks hill, a lo lo lo.