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My friend was going to give me a book about insects and asked me, "Are you afraid of insects?" ”
Without hesitation, I replied, "I grew up in the countryside, and I see a lot of bugs!" The implication, of course, is that I am not afraid. So I received a copy of MOVE Insects.
As soon as the book was brought back, my little friend, who claimed to be a "biologist", issued an exaggerated groundhog scream and ordered me to quickly remove the plastic seal and read the book with her. From the first page, the children did not stop asking questions. "What is the name of this insect?" "What's that insect called?" Wherever the child's finger pointed, I had to read the words on the picture of the insect to her, and my throat was going to smoke, so I reluctantly agreed to hold the book and look at the picture myself.
That is, when I accompanied the children to look at the insect atlas, I inadvertently saw a lot of insects that could not be named when I was a child, and what drilled out of the memory floodgates was actually the fear of being dominated by various terrible insects (some of which are not insects) when I was a child.
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When I was a child, I lived in the countryside, and following my parents out to do farm work was almost a compulsory course for every rural baby.
In the season of planting, it is necessary to go down to the field to pull and plant seedlings, and the most terrible insects in the paddy field are ants and a small white insect shaped like a maggot. The ant is always unconsciously adsorbed on the human leg, and when you suddenly find out, it has eaten a round stomach, and it is busy slapping down, only to see the blood on the leg, which is simply a childhood shadow. In addition, the white insect that resembles a maggot is blatantly attacked, don't look at it twisting and turning in the water and dancing in a circle, touching the person's foot, it stung fiercely, the skin was instantly red and swollen, and then a fiery pain struck.
("Spanking Bug" - Tsubaki Elephant)
During the harvest season, the most common thing in the rice is a bug that we call "spanking bug", and if you accidentally touch it, it will release a super unpleasant odor that cannot be dissipated for a long time. There are many trees in the countryside, especially in the summer, every time you pass under the camphor tree, you are most afraid of caterpillars on the tree, black, green, colorful, if you accidentally touch, it must be red and swollen and itchy and painful.
Before I boasted to my friends that I was not afraid of bugs, I thought I had forgotten the tragic past of these bug bites. But as the memories deepened, more joyful memories related to bugs came to my mind.
("Uh-huh" – Ye Jia)
At that time, the rural friends did not have beautiful toys to play with, and the best toys were all kinds of insects.
There is a kind of beetle called "Mmmmmmm
The most abundant and loudest insects in summer are cicadas. The big black cicadas are generally "loud and far away", which is difficult for us to catch, but there is a kind of green cicada that likes to stop on low bushes and thatched leaves, and the sound is sharp and loud, as long as it follows the sound, it basically can't escape.
(Cicada)
On summer nights, the stars of fireflies are dancing lightly in the low air, and we usually grab it in the palm of our hands and watch the small lights on its butt go out, which is quite interesting.
There is also an oval gray multipod worm, we call it "ground lice po" in dialect, like to hide in the sand, as long as you see a small whirlpool shaped sand pit on the surface of the sand, you know that there is a "ground lice po" below. Fold a grass stem, pull the sand away, and sure enough, a "ground lice woman" crawled out in a panic, looking quite funny.
(Cloud Spot Tianniu)
In the blink of an eye, childhood is long gone, and I myself am the mother of a child. Maybe it's because they often take their children back to the countryside, or maybe the newborn calves are not afraid of "bugs", and my children are full of natural curiosity about various bugs. So far, the insects I have raised by my own hands include silkworms, snails, vegetable green insects, grasshoppers, seven-star ladybugs... Most of the bugs were brought back by her while she was playing outside. Last year, I took her to play in Lushan, saw a yellow patterned Tianniu walking on the road, squatted and watched for half a day before I was willing to go, and almost didn't let us bring it back. So, you can understand her excitement when she saw this MOVE Book of Insects.
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The memories stop here, or take a look at this interesting "MOVE Atlas Insects".
Written by Kodansha, the book "MOVE Atlas of Insects" mainly introduces insects living in Japan, but also covers similar insects from all over the world and spiders and animals related to insects.
(Curved-edged tail silkworm moth)
"MOVE Atlas Insects" is an incomparably thorough encyclopedia of insects.
The whole book is classified by order, from Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, to Veined Wing, Dragonfly, Ephemera, etc., which can really be described as an "eye". Under each order, different insect families are subdivided, such as Lepidoptera, which we know as the butterfly family and the moth family. There are also illustrated and textual introductions to each insect family, on the ecology page, there are detailed insect files, on the specimen page, there are enlarged insect structure diagrams, and various insect tips to introduce the unique habits of insects or interesting stories.
(Silkworm moth baby, inexplicably feel cute)
In the process of reading, I was pleasantly surprised to find many insects that could not be named as a child. For example, the insects that we call "hmmm" in our dialect belong to the large family of leaf beetles of the order Coleoptera, and the variety is likely to be the Taiwanese leaf beetle. The "spanking worms" in the rice are members of the large family of hemiptera Tsubaki, and the common green variety is called black-bearded rice green bug, and the brown variety is called rice brown bug, which has the ability to release stench. As for the colorful caterpillars, they are the larvae of various butterflies and moths. Once seen a dead moth, pink green wings with a long tail at the lower end, very beautiful, full of fairy spirit, this time also found the name in the book, it turned out to be called curved tail silkworm moth. There is also the little insect called "ground lice woman" in dialect, which turns out to be its scientific name is rat woman, and it is not an insect, but can only be regarded as a close relative of insects. The Tianniu that I met on Lushan Mountain, according to the pictures in the book, should be the Cloud Spot Tianniu!
(Cone-headed mantis)
"MOVE Illustrated Insects" is also a beautiful collection of insect photographs.
There are a large number of insect pictures in the book, full body photos, bust photos, long-range photos, close-up photos... Each one is an ultra-high-definition image. You will find that the original insect world, large and small, is so magnificent and magical. For example, the cone-headed mantis from Malaysia, with its surprisingly long head, coupled with its slender tentacles, large bulging eyes, slender figure, and dark brown appearance, makes it look like an alien visitor. The comet-tailed silkworm moth, which had just awakened from its silver cocoon, appeared like a noblewoman. The golden ring wasp dancing in the air has a non-angry and arrogant expression, and anyone who sees it has to retreat. There is also the Yashibu beetle, don't look at its small size, when in danger, it can spray more than 100 ° C of high-temperature gas from the tail, which comes from the mixture of two substances in the body, can burn others, but it is unscathed.
(Comet-tailed silkworm moth)
"MOVE Illustrated Insects" evokes not only attention to the insect world, but also love for nature.
On our planet, there are at least 10 million species of insects, only 950,000 species of insects named by humans, and countless insects waiting to be explored. Why pay attention to the insect world? In addition to the large number of species, one of the more important reasons is that all insects are co-evolved with plants. Plants need insects to help pollinate, and insects depend on plants for their survival, and insects and plants form the basis of the Earth's ecosystem.
(Locust)
When reviewing the book, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Monso said: "By understanding the world of insects, we can recognize the creatures of the earth, and then have a deep understanding of the ecological environment of the entire earth." "This year there was one of the worst locust plagues in Africa in 70 years, resulting in heavy crop losses. Some people have analyzed that the locusts just encountered an increase in precipitation during the breeding period, and the ecological environment with moist soil and increased vegetation provided natural convenience for the hatching and growth of locusts, and the super reproductive ability of locusts turned a growth into a disaster. This is the result of an analysis of insects and the ecological environment.
At the end of reading, you will find that this "MOVE Illustrated Book of Insects", which evokes countless childhood memories, not only opens the window for us to scientifically understand the insect world, but also opens the door for us to know ourselves and the homeland on which human beings live. Whether or not my child remembers her dream of being a "biologist" in the future, I will encourage her to know insects, understand insects, go into nature, and love nature.