This year in Hangzhou for more than three months, was bitten by ink mosquitoes.
I remember being bitten by a mosquito in Sichuan when I was a child, and that was decades ago.
The insect, known as the midge worm, is small, dark, smaller than a third of a sesame seed, but it is the seventh most poisonous mosquito in the world. Strictly speaking, it is not a mosquito, as the ink mosquito is a small insect of the midge genus of the midge family.
The look of the ink mosquito sucking blood
Midges are completely metamorphosed insects, and their life process has four periods of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults, except for adults, eggs, larvae and pupae live in water. Its breeding grounds are extensive, mostly wet and watery (rice paddies, depressions, swamps, tree holes and soil rich in organic matter). Female midges lay their eggs on moist soil or plant surfaces. More than 100 eggs can be laid each time, and the eggs hatch larvae at about 20 °C for about 5 days. The larvae often gather in the water or moist fertile soil of the rotting plant, and become pupae after about 2 weeks, the pupa is inactive, suspended vertically under the water surface, and feathers into adult insects after 3 to 5 days. Adults live for about one month. Midges only suck blood from females, some suck the blood of humans and livestock, some species suck human blood, and adults often inhabit warm and humid caves, weeds and bushes and other light shelters. Vampire midges mostly have group dances when mating.
Ink mosquitoes
The viruses carried by the mosquitoes are Japanese encephalitis virus, Simbu group virus, midge diseases in livestock and poultry, including parasitic diseases and viral diseases: 12 species of protozoal diseases, 12 species of helminthiasis, and more than 22 kinds of viral diseases. Some of the above are pathogens of human and zoonotic diseases, which shows that the harm of midges to people is very large.
There is a needle eye in the middle of the bite of the ink mosquito
The ink mosquito is the most greedy, pounce on it and suck blood, until the stomach is swollen round, it will stop, this time it will fall off to the ground, because the stomach is full of human blood, overloaded, can not fly. Don't underestimate this humble little flying insect, which is much more terrifying than a large mosquito. After being bitten by it, it will immediately start a large bag, and it is extremely itchy, so that people can't help but scratch, and the skin is scratched more than itchy, so it is easy to cause infection. Some people have been bitten by ink mosquitoes and their skin has been festering for a year or two, and it has not been cured for a long time.
Ink mosquitoes often appear in swarms, and they are densely packed on the skin to suck blood. Because of your small size, you can't hear a sound when you fly, and if you look at it when you feel the itching and pain in your skin, you will find several ink mosquitoes sucking your blood greedily and intently. Slap down, the palm of the hand is covered with blood droplets and ink mosquitoes powdered corpses.
Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is located in the center of Hangzhou, divided into Hubin District, Huxin District, Beishan District, Nanshan District and Qiantang District, with a total scenic area of 49 square kilometers, of which the lake surface is 6.5 square kilometers, and the scenic spots are famous "Ten Views of the West Lake" and "Ten Views of the New West Lake" and "Three Comments on the Ten Views of the West Lake". Because of the high greening rate, dense grass and trees, and no lack of water, the temperature is high, it is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of ink mosquitoes.
Although Mount Emei is also lush with more than 3,000 kinds of plant varieties and no shortage of water, the temperature of Mount Emei is low and it is not suitable for the breeding of ink mosquitoes. So I have lived in Mount Emei for eight or nine years, and I have never seen a moxa mosquito.
Whether it is the Willow Wave Singing Warbler, the White Causeway, the Three Pools of the Moon, or the Leifeng Pagoda, the Jingci Temple, the Tiger Running Spring, or even the low-rise home in the community (the ink mosquito is too small, the screen window can't stop it), the ink mosquito is everywhere. As long as you dare to show your skin, the ink mosquito will unceremoniously pounce on you and suck your blood.
The ink mosquito bites out of the bag
The ink mosquito, an insect, most bullying outsiders. Locals are already immune to the toxins of the ink mosquito, and even if they are bitten by the ink mosquito, it is not so uncomfortable. For those out-of-town tourists who don't know what ink mosquitoes are, the itch caused by the bite of ink mosquitoes is crazy, it is really itchy!
After going out today to do things, I temporarily wanted to go to the East River to take the water bus to play. As a result, in the two minutes of waiting for the boat, it was bitten by the ink mosquito everywhere was a bag, the itch was incomparable, I really couldn't eat it, I had to give up the idea of playing, and I quickly took a taxi home to rub my own boiling plaster, just a few minutes on the side of the road waiting for the bus, and I was also chased and bitten by the ink mosquito.
Screenshot of a video taken after being bitten by an ink mosquito
In order to deal with this ink mosquito, I specially boiled ointment with several herbs, including anti-snake venom herbs and anti-itch mint. As soon as the plaster is applied, the itch is stopped immediately, the skin will not fester, and there will be no scars. Without this plaster, it would make people feel flustered, scorched, and confused. Because it was bitten by the ink mosquito, the anti-itch effect of wind oil essence and flower dew water was not good, so I spent eight or nine hours boiling this antipyretic, detoxifying, swelling and anti-itching plaster. Go out to play in the bag must have this ointment, once bitten by the ink mosquito, immediately put on the plaster, the medicine to the itch stop, it is really immediate, even if I and my family to deal with the ink mosquito bite after the artifact, otherwise can not calmly enjoy the scenery of the West Lake Scenic Area.
The West Lake Scenic Area is indeed very beautiful, especially the West Lake, at any time, any weather, any season, is very beautiful, as Su Dongpo's poem describes: "The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are empty and rainy." If you want to put the West Lake than the West Lake, light makeup is always appropriate. "The beauty of Hangzhou makes people linger. Even the ink mosquitoes love this scenic spot and live endlessly here.
Hangzhou's heavenly beauty is unforgettable and enjoyable.
Hangzhou's many and fierce ink mosquitoes are avoidable, unforgettable and unforgettable!