Catching monkeys in the summer has become a good memory for many people, this insect that can only be seen in summer, after molting, will fly to the trees to make a chirp, and the sound of "squeak" has become a unique symbol of this season. Chinese are even more fond of the monkeys, because they are also the same food in China, which makes many Chinese fall in love.
Because of the huge market demand, the monkey can be sold at a very high price in the Chinese market, and a small monkey can be sold for 1 to 2 yuan, and then processed in batches and served to the table. At the same time, the United States on the other side of the ocean is deeply aware of the harm of monkeys, and this insect has flooded the United States, more than 30 billion, causing serious damage to the local environment. In China, the monkeys that can be sold at high prices and even in short supply have become a local harm in the United States?
Folk cuisine - knowing the monkey
Monkey is the common name of the golden cicada nymph, the golden cicada is a representative of the cicada family insects, which are widely distributed in various regions of the mainland, especially in the rural forests and fields, and there are many in numbers. The golden cicada has to go through the three stages of eggs, nymphs and adults in its life, and their appearance and living habits are different at each stage.
The egg is the stage when the golden cicada is just born, at this time it is the appearance of the golden cicada when it is just born, and the egg is also very small, only a few millimeters, appearing milky white, and developing in the branches. After a year, the eggs develop into nymphs, climb from trees to the ground, live underground by sucking the sap of tree roots, and grow up after three to five years of dormancy. At this time, the nymph will crawl out of the ground, and the mature nymph is three or four centimeters long and has a tan carapace wrapped around the body.
The golden cicada nymph that breaks out of the soil will immediately climb to the nearby trees and weeds, and then fix its body in the tree, completing the stage of molting and feathering to adult. This process takes only a few hours, and the adult golden cicada after molting differs greatly from the nymph, the adult body is four to five centimeters long, the whole body is bright black, and it grows wings on both sides of the body, the wings are long and thin, and the "thin as cicada wings" is how it comes from.
The golden cicada after molting is divided into two types, male and female, the female has no sounder in her abdomen, but has a pronounced ovipositor; Males have vocalizers in their abdomen, so the cicada sounds we often hear in the summer are made by males. Within a day of becoming an adult, the male will mate with the female. In late July, the hottest time of the year, mating females use spawners to prick many egg chambers into branches and lay their eggs inside. After hatching in it for a year, the eggs become nymphs in June of the following year and emerge from the branches.
After the golden cicadas break through the ground, there is only one task, that is, to reproduce, so their later life is also very short, and they will die at the end of the summer. Then the newborn golden cicada will be born next year, and so on and so on and
Know why monkeys are so popular on the mainland
Knowing that monkeys are still in short supply at high prices, in some star-rated restaurants can even sell for a hundred yuan a plate, much more expensive than beef and mutton, this kind of insects that are not proud of their appearance, how to obtain such a large market?
First of all, the taste of the monkey is extremely delicious, and the unique taste attracts consumers of all ages and places. Now, the habit of eating monkeys on the mainland has developed from the countryside to the cities. In the folk, there are many ways to know the monkey, and simple ways such as frying and stir-frying can make it a rare delicacy and attract people's taste buds. There are even some places that have developed different ways to eat, such as dumplings with monkey stuffing, scrambled eggs with monkeys, and so on.
Monkey is not only delicious in taste, but also very nutritious, as a green pollution-free food, it is deeply loved by consumers in China. Every 100 grams of monkeys contain 72 grams of protein, and are also rich in calcium, potassium, zinc, iron and other trace elements, and can also supplement a variety of essential amino acids for the human body.
Monkeys not only have high nutritional value, but also have medicinal value. Knowing that the monkey body is rich in potassium, it has a good blood pressure lowering function; Knowing that the amino acids in the monkey body can also synthesize proteins in the human body, promote the activity of human white blood cells, and improve human immunity; Monkey also contains chitin, which has a strong antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and cold repellent ability, so this is also a major effect of monkey; In addition, chitin also has antioxidant effects, which can eliminate free radicals in the body, and to a certain extent, can delay skin aging and play a role in beauty and beauty.
The current golden cicada industry in the mainland has entered the mode of marketization and industrialization, and according to statistics, the annual demand for golden cicadas in the mainland has reached 500 tons. Bidding farewell to the original natural collection method, many farmers in the countryside have specially raised golden cicadas in the woodlands and have fixed channels for sale.
Why the United States is suffering from the danger of monkeys
Knowing that monkeys are a delicacy on the mainland, but not in the United States, the American people regard this insect as an enemy and are doing everything they can to eliminate them, but unfortunately the effect is very small, knowing that monkeys have been flooded in the United States.
This monkey is a periodic cicada, also called the black cicada, which is a species endemic to North America and comes out every 17 years. The reason why this periodic cicada lurks underground for so long is mainly to avoid predators and preserve the number of its own population. Birds that feed on them gradually decrease in number after 12 years of decay, and their numbers are reduced to a minimum after 5 years. At this time, a new generation of cicadas comes out of the ground to breed offspring, and the largest number of offspring can be retained.
It is predicted that more than 30 billion cicadas will break through in the past two years, although the cicadas themselves will not cause any harm to the human body, but such a large number of cicadas are concentrated and distributed, and the noise generated can exceed 100 decibels, which will have a huge impact on the sleep of local residents, and long-term exposure to such noise will also cause hearing damage.
Not only that, these huge numbers of cyclic cicadas will also cause damage to local crops and plants, they will feed on them, and large areas of nibbling will cause serious environmental damage.
In May 2021, the United States issued an early warning to remind residents of the infestation of insects, including New York and New Jersey, and 15 major states, including New York and New Jersey, will be affected areas. These cicadas will produce a large number of eggs after mating, and these eggs will grow and develop for another 17 years, and a large number of cicadas will break through the soil around 2038, causing a greater disaster.
Some scientists have also put forward a different view of this, they believe that this life after excavation is very short, not very harmful, on the contrary, there is a substance called "molting" in the shell after they molt, which will provide nutrients for the land when it falls into the land, and adult insects will also provide food for birds and frogs after death, so there is no need to worry too much about these flooded cicadas.
But in fact, Americans also eat cicadas, and there are cicada rolls tortillas, with cookies and other ways to eat, but they do not eat too many cicadas, so they also have other ways to curb the flood of cicadas, such as spreading pesticides, outdoor capture, the use of insect-proof paper and other methods to "meet" the tens of billions of cicadas.
Seeing that some people here may wonder, why not introduce American cicadas to China? This can not only solve the cicada disaster in the United States, but also meet the Chinese consumer market. First of all, the species of cicadas in the two countries are not the same, and the cyclical cicadas in the United States may not be able to adapt to the Chinese environment, so whether large-scale breeding can be carried out in China is still a problem.
Secondly, the introduction of cyclical cicadas into China may cause the problem of species invasion, this kind of cyclical cicadas have a huge number, once the introduction of poor control is easy to flood, causing huge problems in China's ecological environment, even if you eat it, you can't eat it. Cycle cicadas are also very difficult to introduce, this insect to live underground for 17 years, this time they will always live in the land, if they are dug out and shipped to China, it is likely that there will be problems in the middle of the way, and the life and health of cicadas will not be guaranteed. So introducing this cicada to China is just a joke and not feasible.
The same insects are treated differently in different countries, one is difficult to buy at a high price, and the other is treated as a worm
Through this manifestation, we also see the differences between the folklore and the environment of different countries.
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