When it comes to protecting animals, everyone may think of more common animals such as tigers, pandas, and elephants, but did you know that there are also many national protected animals among insects. For example, the forked rhinoceros golden turtle family is all national second-level protected animals, and the double-forked rhinoceros golden turtle of the same genus, that is, the unicorn fairy, is a three-protected animal. In recent years, the rhinoceros golden turtle has also been included in the ranks of the national second-level protected animals, and if you accidentally crush one, it is really a sentence.
According to biological classification, the forked rhinoceros golden turtle belongs to the order Coleoptera, an insect of the family Rhinoceros. Body length 20-85 mm. Antennae 10 segments, gill parts short. The body shape is long and ovoid, the body color is dark red to reddish brown to black brown, and the body surface is smooth or fluffy.
If you don't consider that they are protected animals, the genus Ishirhas is actually all pests. They like to suck up the sap of fruits and trunks, which is harmful to crops to a certain extent.
In an era when the number of forked rhinoceros turtles was relatively high, they were one of the most harmful pests in the forest. Woodpeckers often devour the larvae of forked rhinoceros turtles.
Adult forked rhinoceros turtles are phototropic and fly towards the light at night. However, adult insects are bulkier and not good at flying, and generally suck sap from trees. There is phototropism and suspended animation.
The forked rhinoceros turtle is a completely metamorphosed insect that goes through four stages of eggs, larvae, pupae and adult insects in its lifetime, and generally completes one generation in 1 to 2 years. Reproductive ability is generally still relatively strong, a female forked rhinoceros turtle can lay up to 100 eggs at a time, and species with poor reproductive ability can also lay 30 eggs at a time. Due to environmental changes and the use of pesticides, the survival of the forked rhinoceros turtle has been greatly threatened.
Relatively speaking, the double-forked rhinoceros golden turtle in the genus Fork rhinoceros is relatively well mixed, that is, commonly known as the one-horned fairy, which is large, widely distributed and numerous. Body color varies greatly, from dark red to reddish-brown to black. It is found in eastern China, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and eastern India. And because the double-forked rhinoceros turtle looks very special, many people keep the double-forked rhinoceros turtle as a pet.