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In the countryside, there is such a guy, at first glance, think it is a caterpillar, and some people even mistake it for a foreign spicy. Because its appearance is indeed not very friendly, but if you know its rural friends, you can't help but laugh out: this is delicious! What is it? Let's take a look! (Subscription: Old Three Kan Three Farmers, Understand the World Three Farmers)
At first glance it looks like a caterpillar camphor silkworm
If you have camphor trees, maple trees and other tree species in your village, I believe you have seen this guy. Yes, it is the camphor silkworm, an insect that looks like a caterpillar, and this insect has a lot of body hair when it is young, and if people who don't know it touch it, they will be frightened. I remember when I was a child, there were several camphor trees in the village, and every year at this time, I saw the camphor silkworms on the trees climbing up and down, and I was particularly curious at that time, and often caught and played.
Camphor leaves
Camphor silkworms love to eat camphor leaves
Like our silkworms, the camphor silkworm spits out cocoons, except that the cocoons it produces are brown. I remember when I was a child, I caught them to play, when they were about to cocoon, break their bodies, you can see a white transparent silk, these silks can be flexible, it is said that they can be made into high-quality fishing silk and wound sutures, so it is also called fishing silk silkworm.
Camphor silkworm cocoon
However, this silkworm is harmful to crops such as camphor trees, maple trees, sand pears, and guavas. I remember when I was a child, the camphor trees in the village were underneath, and at this time, it was always full of camphor silkworm droppings. They eat the leaves of the camphor tree bare, and sometimes standing under the tree, they can also touch the camphor silkworm dung that falls from the tree.
The camphor silkworm is roasted on charcoal and it is delicious
Flexible silk that can be used as fishing thread and wound sutures
But such a pest has become a doll for our rural children, and at the same time, when it is almost cocooned, we also grab it to make food to eat. Put it on the charcoal and roast it, if you smear some seasoning oil on it, the taste is very beautiful, have you ever eaten like this from a rural friend? You know, it's about eating silkworms, not caterpillars!
Most of this caterpillar-like guy is distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan and other places in the south of China, so it is difficult to see friends in the north. Rural friends in the first few places, have you all seen camphor silkworms when you were young? Did you ever mistake it for a caterpillar or a pepper? How much do you know about it? Feel free to write a comment at the bottom! (Insist on updating the article every day, it is not easy, if you like this article, please tip the bottom of the small editor or click a like, to show encouragement!) Thank you! ）