Today, a string of pink mulberries appeared on the shore of a park lake in Wuhan, which immediately attracted the attention of the lake rangers! This is an invasive alien species that has a strong reproductive ability and has a great destructive power to aquatic plants. What exactly?
In the morning, the reporter came to a park in Wuhan and saw a mass of pink and pink on the aquatic plants by the lake, densely like mulberries, bright in color and luster, very conspicuous, but a closer look makes people's scalp numb.
Li Yupeng, the manager of the river and lake in the jurisdiction, introduced that this is what they found when they patrolled the lake today, April to June every year is the breeding season of Fushou snails, its reproductive ability is very strong, it can lay eggs 20-40 times a year, and the annual spawning volume is 3-50,000 eggs, which can spread rapidly, and once the outbreak will destroy the surrounding ecosystem.
Wuhan Jiangjun Road Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd. river and lake administrator Li Yupeng said: This is the first time this year to discover, my right hand is the Fushou snail, the left hand is its eggs, you don't see it is now very small to grow up, there are parasites in it, there is an impact on the ecological environment, and the plant life in the water will be destroyed.
After discovering the Fushou snail eggs, Li Yupeng immediately contacted the staff to go to the scene to remove them.
As the temperature rises, the snail enters the breeding period, and the number of parasites in its body can be as high as 3000-6000. The eggs themselves are non-toxic and harmless, but they have bacteria, viruses and parasites attached to the surface, which poses a risk of bacterial and viral infection. At present, the main methods for Fushou snails are manual pick-up, eradication of snail eggs, centralized destruction and use of pesticides to kill them.
Li Yupeng, the river and lake administrator of Wuhan Jiangjun Road Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd., said: Citizens and friends should not eat it if they find it, and do not panic, you can call 12345 to report to the local management department, and we will deal with it as soon as possible.