Can Tsubaki elephants eat them? Is Tsubaki poisonous? Many people know that Tsubaki (Smelly Big Sister) is very smelly, and often some people are very disgusted with this kind of bug, but this bug is also valuable, can be eaten, can be medicated. Let's take a look!
Tsubaki elephant
It is a hexapod subphylum, insect class, winged subclass, hemiptera, bug family, is the most diverse group of hemiptera, the world's single Tsubaki species about 5000 species. Tsubaki is 1.7 to 2.5 cm long.
Body color is dark brown; There is a pair of tiny orange-yellow, or orange-brown longitudinal spots on the posterior side of the head, and the end of the last segment of the antennae is orange-yellow or orange-brown, and some of the individuals have an orange-yellow or orange-brown spot in the second and third segments. There is a sharp spike on the outer edge of the dorsal plate of the forebreast, with a transverse curved orange-yellow or orange-brown fine spot in the center.
The membranous part of the upper wing is dark brown. The abdomen is partially exposed on the outside of the upper wing, and each segment has small orange spots. The hind feet are particularly well developed, especially the flattened leaf-like segment of the tibia base, which is the most important identifying feature of this species. There are many yellow spots on the ventral surface of the body; The most distinctive feature is the leaf-like appearance of the posterior tibial segment.
The anterior half of the upper wing is leathery , and the membranous part overlaps the dorsal ventral cone. It has a very developed sucking mouthpiece. The eggs are cylindrical in shape with a lid on top, often arranged neatly on the leaves. Terrestrial tsubaki elephants developed short whip-like antennae; Aquatic Tsubaki elephants mostly have sickle-shaped front feet; The middle and hind legs of amphibian tsubaki are particularly slender, and at first glance they resemble spiders.
Common are insectivorous tsubaki elephants that prey on small insects and are beneficial to agriculture, nine incense worms for traditional Chinese medicine, osmanthus cicadas for food, and military insects that harm agriculture, and field turtles and pine algae that specialize in preying on juvenile fish for pest aquaculture.
Can Tsubaki elephants eat it?
Tsubaki has two types of carnivorous and plant-eating, is a well-known odor expert, with odor glands, in the larvae are located between the dorsal plates of the abdomen, when the adult is transferred to the anterior flank of the posterior chest, in case of danger, it secretes odorous fluid, so as to escape in self-defense, making it "infamous".
Nine-incense worm, commonly known as spanking worm, etc., is a genus of animals of the genus Nine-incense worm in the family Bug family.
In addition to medicinal uses, nine incense worms are also a crispy and delicious health food. From November to March of each year, the worm is caught in a container, suffocated with a little wine or blanched with boiling water, and after drying, it becomes the "nine incense worms" of Chinese medicine. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that the medicine "smells salty and warm and non-toxic." Indications for the treatment of diaphragm stagnation, spleen and kidney loss, zhuangyuan yang. China's pharmacopoeia also contains its "liver, spleen and kidney meridians, functional rational qi to relieve pain, warm in the yang, used for stomach cold and bloating pain, spleen and stomach qi pain, kidney deficiency impotence, waist and knee pain."
Therefore, the nine-spice insect has extensive development value in the field of medicinal and edible applications.
Checked online, a pound of "spanking worm" price is basically about 100 yuan, a plate of "spanking worm" dishes in the restaurant about 50 yuan, I really did not expect that the "stinky big sister" is so valuable!
How should the "stinky big sister" eat it?
Fried stinky big sister
You must be wondering, can this thing be eaten? When I first saw it, I also held the same question, at the instigation of the "revenge heart", I grabbed a fried stinky big sister and put it in my mouth, chewed it gently, crunchy and fragrant! What a surprise!
In addition to the surprisingly delicious taste of the fried stinky big sister, there is also a certain food supplement. After the stinky big sister was medicated, it was also known as "nine incense worms", and it was recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and the "New Compilation of Materia Medica" that it could cure the loss of the spleen and kidneys, and had the effect of warming the aphrodisiac.
Note: Due to the pharmacological effect of the smelly big sister, do not eat with wine, after eating it will cause poisoning.
In fact, the fried stinky big sister on the city table is not which chef's whim, the earliest discovery of the stinky big sister is a delicacy, should be the Miao family in Guizhou, they also have a unique and effective soil method in dealing with the smell of the stinky big sister: the catch of the smelly big sister first into cold water, and then slowly add hot water, with the rise of water temperature, the smell of the smell of the big sister is also slowly eliminated clean.
At this time, the stinky big sister is fished out to dry, put into the frying pan and fried thoroughly, this process is very pleasant to think about!
Warm tips: soak the stinky big sister's water to pour out, the basin is well brushed, you know!
In some restaurants and restaurants, a plate of "fried stinky big sister" can sell for about 100 yuan, which is a stinky fart worm that people in Weifang see and hide, and it has become a healthy food loved by everyone!
Do you want to go back and catch some to try? But eating one or two will do! Don't eat too much
I've seen it for a long time!! Sure enough, there was no Chinese could not eat
Is Tsubaki poisonous?
Of course, it is not toxic to humans, it is just a pungent smell. If you are allergic and the epidermis is damaged, it may be a little red and swollen, and the average person is fine!