Flying Rose Gold! Find the Golden Flower Golden Turtle's Legendary Journey to Flying Rose Gold! The legendary journey to find the golden flower golden turtle legendary starting station, the second station of the legend of the deciphering crescent fjord, the third station of the legend of the retrieval and verification of biological databases, the fourth station of the legend of the country of fragrant flowers, the fifth station of the legend of the emerald armor, the legendary terminal of the crystal god wing, the end of the legend of the myth of 12,000 gold, the rose gold in the insects

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" >fightly rose gold! A legendary journey in search of the Golden Flower Golden Turtle</h1>

Author/Zhang Taolahan

Among the myths and legends about animals throughout the ages, there is one that is particularly fascinating.

The stars of the summer night illuminate the crescent fjord

The floral fragrance is overflowing and the ripples are seductively sweet

Grassy treetops, beautiful flower buds

Mysterious flying insects shine with wonderful brilliance

Emerald hard armor, turquoise and delicate

Crystal wings, pure and immaculate

It is more delicate than a rose

But it is more precious than gold

Whoever can catch it?

Win 12,000 gold!

Figure 1: Wow, Emerald Crystal! Oh my dear

This myth has been passed down since 8,000 years ago, and the beautiful words have outlined a mysterious and beautiful image of flying insects in poetic language, which has inserted magical wings into the imagination of countless generations and become the most beautiful yearning of their childhood.

Even as adults, many people still remember this myth. Of course, their most unforgettable part is limited to the last paragraph, "Whoever can catch it will win twelve thousand gold."

The mythical shortcut to riches is still very attractive to all adults. Catch a worm, and you will win silver and gold? There is such a good thing under the heavens, please count me in!

Figure 2: Who doesn't want to get rich and get rich overnight?

So, in the relentless pursuit of wealth and status, we embarked on a legendary journey to decipher this myth and find the mysterious flying insect.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > legendary starting station to decrypt the crescent fjords</h1>

After 399 days on our journey, we traveled most of the world, sleeping in the wind, eating and sleeping, day and night, and finally had a preliminary judgment on the mythical "crescent fjord".

First of all, we speculate that the Crescent fjord is located in the southern and central parts of Europe. In this way, only the Apennine Peninsula, which is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on three sides and the Alps on the other, is suitable for description. This is attributed to the island god crescent-like.

Figure 3: The Apennine Peninsula in Italy resembles a crescent moon

Secondly, we speculate that the English Channel in Western Europe, Cape Dover on the islands, opposite the Calais double horn on the continental side, cuts in an eerie arc to create a sea flowing through only 34 km wide. From the satellite map, the direction of the sea between the two corners is barely crescent-like.

Figure 4: English Channel, let's count it as a crescent moon

Finally, we speculate that the vast southern region of China, with its vast expanse, rugged mountains and rocks, and complex water systems, may also be eligible for candidacy. From a purely cursory map, this vast area undoubtedly outlines the crescent structure lying north of the sea and looking down on the southeast. Of course, this is the crescent-like shape of the god that should belong to the area of the continental shelf.

Figure 5: A crescent moon overlooking the South China Sea

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > the second stop of the legend to retrieve and check biological databases</h1>

After obtaining the above information, we are like a treasure! It then took about 310 days to search and compare the huge insect distribution database one by one.

To our surprise, we found that there is really one insect distributed and only between the above three places!

Ecstatic, while staying up the latest night, drinking the most bitter coffee, while the guy's high-definition photos, macro videos, academic papers, and tomes of literature have been read over and over again!

Figure 6: The keyboard man who stayed up late, it's us

Hahahaha, it's really the emperor who pays off! We are basically sure that the mysterious insect mentioned in the myth is it, the golden flower golden turtle!

Fig. 7/7-1: The Golden Flower Golden Turtle finally came out with a thousand calls

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" > the third stop of the legend, the country of fragrant flowers</h1>

Goldenrod turtle, also known as rose scarab beetle, is a species of the same name in the genus Golden turtle in the family Coleoptera beetle family. Named by the famous naturalist Carl Linnaeus, the full scientific name cetonia aurata.

The life of the golden flower golden turtle is a life of dancing with flowers, and between their diligent work, it is full of extremely sweet magnificence and fragrance.

Figure 8: Flowers, I love too~

They like flowers, love flowers, protect flowers, accompany flowers, not only are they the guardians of flowers, but also the pollinators - they are stained with stamen pollen on their feet and even on their heads, and they go back and forth between the female and male flower buds all day long, running back and forth seventy or eighty times without complaining, only that it is commonplace.

In the flowers and grasses, between the branches and leaves, especially its fluttering wings and buzzing, flying back and forth, can be described as hard work, non-stop.

Fig. 9-1: A small golden turtle covered in pollen

Spring and summer are clear and full of flowers, but all the flowers are fragrant, they are always rejected.

Wildflowers and wild grasses, lilies and moons, red and white, purple yellow, golden turtles travel among the flowers, tired and tired to lie down on the flowers to rest; lonely and lonely, they look for companions to whisper and laugh, fluttering and dancing happily among the flowers, and this beautiful mountain and river, the clear sky, paint a harmonious ecological picture of heaven and earth.

Figure 9: Love flower bugs, talking about me

The delicate flowers are the spiritual food of the golden turtle and the actual sense of full food--yes, the flower eats the girl, and the golden flower turtle eats the flower.

Among the countless flowers, only the indescribable pollen nectar of the rose is their most inseparable true love.

The Golden Flower Golden Turtle's attachment to the rose is like the turn and the love wound that Rose can never forget on the night of the Titanic's final sinking. Throughout her life, Rose will always be attached to Jack's figure; throughout her life, the golden turtle will always covet the sweetness of roses.

Figure 10: Yes, no one can stop the charm of roses

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="48" > the fourth stop of the legend, Emerald Armor</h1>

The golden flower golden turtle has a slender body, with three segments of head, chest and abdomen, two pairs of feet in the front half of the chest, and long legs are born in the back half of the chest; the small head has two antennae, and the back is like a bullet hiding the elytra.

Figure 11: Male golden-flowered golden turtle with a rounded and wide body

Figure 12: Female golden-flowered golden turtle with a slightly smaller body

Adult golden flower golden turtle, body length of about 20mm, note that the unit is millimeters, after conversion is only 2cm long, only a little bit larger than the middle joint of our thumb.

Figure 13: It's only that big

But even this small body also contains the brilliant light that lights up the world!

The shell of the golden turtle is made of magical crab shell structure, just like our nail shell that is soft at high temperature and hard in cold, hard and flexible, both advantages.

This back armor, anti-impact, scratch and corrosion resistance, light and strong, provides the most powerful logistical support for their high-intensity flight operations between flowers.

Figure 14: The back armor of the golden turtle that is both soft and hard

From different angles, you will see that the back armor of the golden flower turtle takes on a brilliant and colorful color. Bronze, metallic green, purple, blue-black, copper gray, the sparkling light hit the back armor, reflecting the rainbow of changeable, dreamy and colorful feast.

Figure 14-1: The colorful "color number" of the golden turtle

Although they have more or less white striped spots on the dorsal carapace, one destroys the visual perception of metallic reflection and flash, and second, when looking closely, the dorsal carapace may be a bit like an old painted mottled wall, giving people a slight discomfort.

Figure 15: Slightly painted back armor of the golden turtle

But in the vast world and all sentient beings, who can say that they are perfect? The white stripe of the back armor of the golden flower golden turtle is a miracle of nature that does not hide its flaws and adds its rich connotation!

You see, the most beautiful color on their bodies is, of course, the mythical description, the emerald color of turquoise and delicate. On a summer afternoon, due to the strong reflection of the sun, the golden turtle of the enchanting emerald color shines, just like the lower mortal fairy wearing a rainbow color, the temperament ah value ah this piece, instantly soared 8 points.

Figure 16: Brilliant gold emerald color

When the wind blows, the flowers and trees sway, and the branches and leaves change in light and shadow, and it transforms into a small diamond that can fly and shine. That flash, The Bouling formed a wave of light, wave after wave, constantly impacting our vision, eye-catching and windy, wonderful and gorgeous, simply amazing, unable to look away.

Figure 17: Who can resist this flickering wave of light

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="67" > the fifth stop of the legend, Crystal God Wing</h1>

As for the crystal wings, they are the transparent wings of the golden flower golden turtle that are huffing and puffing, as thin as cicada wings.

Their extended wings are yellowish brown in color, shaped like bat wings, the upper side is like a blade, the lower end is undulating, the vertical arrangement of the wing veins is smoothly textured, and there is a very charming crystal wax texture, which is beautiful.

Figure 18: Crystal Wings, beautiful to the end

This delicate thin wing like a work of art is not only very beautiful, but also very practical. Nature uses extraordinary ingenuity, nuanced insight, finely studied the cutting angle, polished the support points, and evenly portrayed each wing vein texture - all of which is only to present the excellence of insect body engineering and fluid dynamics.

This pair of talent wings not only gives the Golden Flower Turtles extremely strong flight control and aerial grip, but also makes many fancy aerial stunts a breeze.

Figure 19: Ready to take off!

For example, flying in front of the flower hovers to collect honey, turns sharply left and right when encountering flower branches, and flies backwards when encountering danger, not to mention the routine operation of shooting the head like straight up and straight down.

In short, thanks to the dexterous thin wings of nature's ingenuity, the Golden Turtles have truly taken the throne of a good hand in the flying world. Therefore, their wings are also called "Crystal God Wings", which is the so-called name and reality.

Figure 20: Hovering to pick honey, please call me a flower-chopping worm!

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="77" > legendary terminal, 12,000 gold myths</h1>

Who can catch it and win twelve thousand gold?

You know, the golden flower golden turtle is a classified non-threatened (LC level) species in the IUCN 3.1 red list, and its population number is probably far more than 100,000 in each habitat area, and all of them should be counted in a million at will. In terms of the rarity of things, they do not look like things worth thousands of dollars of silver.

What's more, according to the common sense of the world, if a small insect has the heart to catch it, it can catch dozens or hundreds of them in one afternoon.

Figure 21: Tell me, how many can be caught in this net?

It's really hard for us. For more than eight months, for 256 days, we visited all the world's most famous entomologists and zoologists, and after repeated meetings, judgments, communication and discussion, we finally reached a consensus view.

That is: this golden turtle, no matter how it is, is just a small insect with good looks, even if the back armor is dazzling and bright, even if it masters superb flying skills, it has not made a special contribution to everything in the world. Its biological survival value is not to say that it is thousands of silver and gold, even if it is only one silver and a half gold, I am afraid it is far from reaching.

When I heard the final qualitative result, I was overwhelmed. The delusion that you can get rich overnight by catching insects alone is now in vain.

Figure 22: Extremely disappointed, I can only cry with sadness

Honestly, probably only a naïve, innocent, hot-headed guy like me would really believe it. I believe that although there is something wrong with it, it is always a myth and legend of nonsense.

Figure 23: Hey, I can only blame myself for being whimsical

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="88" > the end of the legend, rose gold in insects</h1>

Finally, let's put aside the social dimension and look at it from a different perspective.

These thousands of beautiful little golden turtles dressed in emeralds, since the day they became adults, have been flying around and running in all directions among the flowers and green fields, and they have been busy for a moment to illuminate the billions of trillions of flowers, brighter than spring, more enthusiastic than summer.

If the world is colorful because of the blossoming of a hundred flowers, then after this beautiful curtain, the little golden turtles who work hard and give everything must be indispensable.

Figure 24: Don't forget, thousands of flowers depend on them for pollination

Let's give applause to the little golden turtles who live behind the scenes!

They have always been hard-working and silently dedicated, like the rose gold in insects, although not very conspicuous, but they have extremely precious qualities, which are fully worthy of our warmest gratitude and most sincere admiration.

Figure 25: Standing up and saluting together, Respect!

On this vast earth, what could be more touching than selflessness in giving and not asking for anything in return? For this reason alone, the value of the Golden Flower Golden Turtle is enough to exceed thousands of gold and silver.

Figure 26: Hey, boy, that's right!

*Some of the pictures in this article are for illustrative purposes only and are not all Cetonia aurata.

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Original author of this article / Zhang Taolahan 丨 Writing is not easy Unauthorized reprinting is prohibited