2018-08-29 07:34 | Zhejiang News Client | Reporter Chen Yiqing
In the darkness of the night, a group of "little detectives" held up flashlights and held their breath to observe the backstroke stink bugs, the big snails lying on the moss, and the fiercely beaten piano frogs... In the Hangzhou Botanical Garden, the activities of watching small animals at night have a little more mysterious than during the day.
Without the disturbance of tourists during the day, at night, the small animals are probably happy to party together.
Let's go and see it together.
Night viewing classes are in full swing
Night class has become popular in the past two years, and the spring and summer seasons of each year are especially suitable for night viewing. In recent years, most of the companies that have done such activities have developed parent-child or natural projects, and the Hangzhou Botanical Garden has to receive several waves of night viewing activities in one night.
Du Chuanrui graduated from a university in Hunan province two years ago with a degree in ecology and is now a night class leader teacher at a nature education company. From June last year to the present, Du Chuanrui has brought more than 50 classes, all in the south gate area of the Hangzhou Botanical Garden. "Observation at night is more novel, children like it, and parents keep taking pictures and asking questions."
Why choose the night? Du Chuanrui said that insects are divided into nocturnal and diurnal, and there are more nocturnal insects.
Although every time I watch at night in the same place, surprises also occur from time to time. "Once the course was over, suddenly a red and black snake appeared from the edge of the pond." Du Chuanrui said that when he saw the snake, he didn't have to be afraid and quietly walked away.
In fact, before Du Chuanrui could react, the Chi Lian Snake had already turned around and slipped away.
Chinese rain frog
Hear nature with your own ears
According to Du Chuanrui, the children start school, and the night view is over. In the tail end of the summer, the reporter also became a night "detective".
At 6:30 p.m. on August 24, 10 families who participated in the night viewing class gathered at the entrance of the botanical garden, and the older children waved their hands at their parents: "You wait at the door, I will go myself." ”
At this time, the sky was still dark, and only the fan in the security room at the entrance of the park was whistling. Before the activity starts, each child is given a glare flashlight.
"We'll walk in and don't talk, just listen with our ears." Du Chuanrui made a request.
Ready, the night watch squad set off. Turn left from the south entrance into a path surrounded by cicadas and frogs, because no one makes a sound, and the sounds of nature are close to your ears.
"Teacher, what kind of bugs are I?" A little girl with a ponytail screamed.
Du Chuanrui walked in and took a look, it turned out to be a night cicada. "If you have something new to discover, call it 'Gollum.'" Xiao Du and the "little detective" agreed.
Fischer's New Spider
Small animals fight
At about 7 p.m., the botanical garden was silent in a twilight, and the pond made a series of "give and give" sounds, and it turned out that two piano-playing frogs were arguing over the turf. Compared with earlier, the cicadas perched on the branches did not make a sound.
"Cicadas are diurnal animals, and at night they 'shut up.'" Suddenly, Du Chuanrui "grunted" and the "little detective" immediately turned off the flashlight and gathered together.
"It's the possum bug, the model dad of the animal kingdom, and the females lay their eggs on the backs of the males." Du Chuanrui said that the so-called "bugs" are stink bugs.
There is a tree toad hiding in the grass, all turquoise, very good-looking. Such an eye-catching little guy was immediately noticed by several "little detectives", and everyone sent out "grunts" to pass on information. "This is the larva of the rain frog, the prototype of the previously popular mobile game "Traveling Frog", which is it." Du Chuanrui explained.
Broad-winged waxhopper nymph
There were several little guys hiding in a large tree burrow next to the path. Du Chuanrui picked up a small black beetle, only to see it struggle constantly, as if it was prostrating.
"That long, centipede-like thing is a worm." However, before Du Chuanrui could catch it, the guy ran away with a cigarette.
Looking at it, several dragonflies flew on top of everyone. "They weren't drunk, they were hit by a flashlight." Du Chuanrui suggested turning off the flashlight first, don't disturb the dragonfly's dreams.
Accompanied by the stars, illuminated by the bright moonlight, the ant and the weaver lady sang in unison. On that night, everyone was "kissed" several times by small bugs, but this is a mark of nature, so what's the harm?