Circle of life?

I saw this outside while smoking just now. Look closely, you see that beetle in the plastic tray? That tray is sitting under a flowerpot of sand for our cigarette butts, I'm not sure how the beetle managed to get in. It was steadily walking around the tray, circling the flowerpot as if the magic doorway out would appear. I left it there to walk its endless circle, (yes, I'm that heartless toward bugs) and I'm sure it'll continue to circle until it dies. Watching it, I had to grab my camera, I was just certain there was deep meaning somewhere in there.