As soon as the weather was hot, many insects came out to move. Last night, after the rain, a very interesting insect flew into the house, which was the "soil dog" that we used to catch as pets when we were children.
The daughter's courage is great, and after catching it, she puts it in the palm of her hand to play, and says that it is always drilling into the palm of her hand, as if she wants to drill into the mud.
The earth dog is a kind of name in my hometown, it is distributed in many places on the mainland, and different places are called differently, the more common ones are Lala cricket, earth dog, earth dog, soil dog cub, Lala dog, Shuo rat, squirrel cricket, etc., and its scientific name is only one, called mole cricket, is a very cute little insect.
For many old farmers, it is a very hateful pest, but many people do not know that its value is also very high, and it is not completely useless, so it can be said that there are many benefits when used correctly.
This is the reason why mole crickets are so controversial, especially in recent years, some people have developed and cultivated it, which has become a "cash cow" for some farmers to get rich. What are the uses of the mole crickets that are "both good and evil"? Let's find out!
1. Introduction to the growth habits of mole crickets
In the vast natural world, there are all kinds of creatures, each of which plays a different role, some are beautiful and moving, some are fierce and abnormal, and some are ordinary and ordinary.
The mole cricket is a headache and a cute insect, which is simply the embodiment of "angels and devils". I believe that many post-70s, post-80s and post-90s generations have caught it as a pet to play with when they were children.
This insect is widely distributed in the mainland, basically all over the country, not only in the south, but also in the vast northern areas, especially in the northeast and North China Plain.
The mole cricket is a small animal that is diurnal and nocturnal, it basically hides in underground burrows during the day, and at night, or in the evening, it begins to come out to move, mainly foraging.
Of course, they may also come out if the temperature is high during the day. I remember when I was a child, I used to help my parents work in the fields, and I often dug it up in the crops, and I could play with it for a long time after catching it.
It is often called the earth dog in the folk because it really resembles a miniature version of the earth dog. Mole crickets are generally tan all over the body, have a grayish-yellow belly, and have a very large head and a very powerful tail whisker.
The most powerful thing is that its ability is also very strong, not only can make holes, but also swim in the water, and also has the ability to fly, so some places also name it "sea, land and air", that is, it can fly, can also make holes, but also good at jumping, can also swim short distances, has a variety of skills.
2. It is not small to look cute.
Don't look at the rural baby like this kind of small animal, but adults hate it to the core, it can be said that it is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, just because it is harmful to agriculture.
This is mainly related to the feeding habits of mole crickets, which are a typical agricultural pest. Mole crickets have a wide range of diets, mainly feeding on the roots and stems of plants, and also prey on some small insects.
Mole crickets are particularly fond of eating the roots and fresh branches of many crops grown by farmers, which can be fatal to seedlings that have just broken through the soil. In particular, they are also very good at burrowing, destroying the ground, often feeding the seedlings in the ground into wisps, and can also damage the root system of crops, resulting in poor crop growth and dehydration and death.
In addition, this insect is very reproductive, it can reproduce multiple generations per year, and the number of eggs laid in each generation is also very large. Therefore, it is extremely harmful to agriculture and has caused many farmers to suffer heavy losses, so they hate this kind of insect.
3. The benefits and value of mole crickets are also many
Although mole crickets have certain harms, their benefits and value cannot be ignored, which is probably what many people do not understand.
First of all, mole crickets also have a high edible value. Seeing this, some people will feel undoubted, saying that this is an eyeball deception, because no one in their local area has eaten this bug since they were young. But it can really be eaten, and in some regions people have long regarded mole crickets as a delicacy.
And mole crickets are indeed edible, and the edible value is still very high. Mole crickets are rich in protein and a variety of amino acids, eating methods are also very diverse, the more common are fried, fried, boiled, steamed, etc., each method is unique to eat, and in recent years there are sales on the market, the price is more expensive than beef and mutton, generally buy fifty or sixty yuan a catty.
Secondly, mole crickets also have certain medicinal properties. In many ancient documents on the mainland, there are records of mole crickets being used in medicine, such as in the "Farewell": "Mole crickets were born in Pingtaek, Dongcheng, and those who rise at night are good, and they are taken on the summer solstice, and they are violently dry." And in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is also recorded: "The medicine is male." ”
In recent years, with the deepening of research on mole crickets in all aspects, it is believed that mole crickets are likely to become a very promising and more widely used animal medicinal material.
Finally, mole crickets also have a certain economic value. Nowadays, farmers in some places have begun to develop the cultivation of mole crickets, some of which are used as delicacies, and some are used as medicines.
People catch mole crickets and process them into Chinese medicinal herbs or food for sale, which brings them a lot of income. And with the improvement of people's healthy diet, the economic value of mole crickets is gradually increasing.
To sum up, it is not an exaggeration to say that mole crickets are both good and evil insects, because they are both agricultural pests and have certain edible, medicinal, and economic value.
In fact, in recent years, it is also because the number of mole crickets in the wild environment has decreased, and the market demand is increasing, and the wild ones can no longer meet the market demand, so some people will start to breed it.
Are there still such critters in your hometown? Have you ever eaten mole crickets? To tell the truth, the editor doesn't dare to put his mouth down, especially for insects such as mole crickets and locusts. Even if it's expensive, it's not exciting. #头条创作挑战赛#