Summer is the active period of insects, and the "song bug" family such as black grasshoppers, grasshoppers, oil gourds, etc. opened a grand concert; there are also some bugs that you and I have "played", such as scarabs, kowtows (kowtows), water moths, dragon lice, etc. Yesterday, the reporter walked into the Hanjiang District Forest Plant Quarantine Station, under the leadership of the station manager Wang Min, visited the insect herbarium, and got to know the "song insects" in Yangzhou and other insects that people have played with.
Songbirds and cicadas
Pine cicadas call the most "gentle"
"Summer solstice, cicadas start to chirp." Yesterday morning, the weather was hot, and many places in the city could hear the "noise" of black grasshoppers.
The black grasshopper is the most common cicada in Yangzhou in summer, it calls a large and long time, and the higher the temperature, the more cheerful it is, and even at night it is still "singing". The black grasshopper is large and black in color, and is the "black and hard hunk" in the cicada family. In addition to the black grasshoppers, the Mongolian cicadas also "sang". However, they are naturally "husky" singers, with a somewhat hoarse and relatively low voice. The cockroach is a singer in the cicada family who "sings a high pitch", "twitter..." the voice is high-pitched and sounds harsh. The cockroaches "start singing" late, and generally come out when the weather turns cold.
In the Yangzhou cicada family, the most gentle "singing" is Song Han cicada, "singing" sounds complicated, after a few times of singing, it will move the position slightly, and then start "singing", the "lyrics" sung are mainly "sighing, hissing". However, the number of pine and cold cicadas in Yangzhou is very small, and the reporter only heard their cries in the Baiyang Mountain and Tongshan Mountains of Yizheng.
In fact, not all cicadas are "singers", and it is male cicadas that generally "sing", and the sound emitted is mainly "courtship". To the female cicadas, this song is a beautiful song. After the male and female cicadas mate, they will die within a few weeks.
Songworms and grasshoppers
Females like vocal "lovers"
At present, there are already people in Yangzhou who are selling grasshoppers. In fact, the scientific name of the grasshopper is ants, which is a grasshopper insect. Antes are the "singers" of insect "musicians", they are good at chirping, and depending on the type of song, some are high-pitched, some are gentle and low, some are like trickles, and some are like storms.
Like cicadas, the ant has only males who make sounds, and females who are "dumb". In order to attract female insects to come to the date, male insects will make a unique sound, which can be called "marriage love song". When two or more male insects meet, they will "sing" for "PK". In general, females will choose the highest "tenor" as their "lover".
Wang Min introduced that there are many types of antes, and the common antes in Yangzhou are Chinese antes.
Songworm Textile Lady
The Green "Beauty" of the Song bug kingdom
Weavers are "relatives" of grasshoppers, and they both belong to the insects of the grasshoppers. The textile lady is very soft and very beautiful, a turquoise "coat", regardless of appearance or temperament, can be called the "beauty" of the Song Worm Kingdom. Before the textile lady sings, she will first practice her "voice" and make a "weaving..." sound, followed by the main theme of "weaving, weaving...". The common textile lady in Yangzhou is the Japanese textile girl, which is also one of the two kinds of textile girls that mainly play as songbirds. The Japanese textile lady has wide wings and is also known as the "wide-winged textile lady".
Songbirds crickets
Yellow-faced oil gourd chirps with vibrato
Crickets, also known as weaving, crickets, etc., are widely loved song insects. There are many types of crickets, such as the crickets common in Yangzhou, such as the yellow-faced oil gourd and the Doe's coffin head cricket, which are the protagonists of the cricket songbird family.
Wang Min introduced that the yellow-faced oil gourd is a relatively large cricket, its color is bright as oil, and the sound is like the sound of pouring oil from the gourd, and the sound is high-pitched and long, with a trace of vibrato. The male of the yellow-faced oil gourd often fights for territory, but the personality of this fighting does not make it a cricket of "fighting crickets", and people catch and raise it mostly for its sound. The Doey's coffin head cricket is also relatively large, and from the front, the head resembles the cross-section of the coffin. Doe's coffin head cricket prefers a wet environment, mostly active at night, and its sound is about "chirping and chirping", and the sound is loud and clear.
Songworms and caddisflies
It is a master of "digging tunnels"
On summer nights in Yangzhou, you often hear the sound of "grunting", that is, the "song" of the caddisflies. Only male cocks can make sounds, and this "grunting" sound is like singing a love song, leading the scorpion girl to come to the date.
Wang Min introduced that as song insects, the "grunting" sound of the scorpion is not pleasant, and the most important skill of the scorpion is "digging tunnels" (nests), the nests they dig have crisscrossing "underground traffic networks", and there are also spawning rooms, nursery rooms, and grain storage rooms. Yangzhou caddisflies mainly include Chinese caddisflies, Oriental caddisflies and so on.
These insects, you and I have played with
Grasshoppers: There are many kinds of insects, although they can sing, but most of them are born with "husky sounds" and are not very pleasant. Grass ants have a stunt, diving, and they are generally found at the water's edge. The common grass borers in Yangzhou are known as weaving bugs, black shin hook-fronted grass borers, Yueming grasshoppers and so on.
Giant saw shovel armor: Shovel armor is the "saint seiya" of the insect world, known for being aggressive, and the weapon of fighting is their upper jaw, which can be used as a "weapon" to attack the enemy like the horn of an ox. In Yangzhou, shovel armor mainly includes giant saw and spade armor. Although the giant saw spade armor is only a type of spade armor, in this group, individuals are large and small.
Double-forked rhinoceros turtle: When it comes to double-forked rhinoceros turtles, people may not be familiar with it. In fact, it is the familiar "unicorn fairy". The unicorn is the "Hercules" of the insect kingdom, and it can lift objects equivalent to 850 times its own weight.
Kowtow: Commonly known as kowtow worm, it is also a bug that many people have played, because it will "kowtow" and make people happy. In fact, this constant prostration is a kind of "stunt" for them, the purpose is to avoid danger and cross obstacles. The common percussion nail in Yangzhou has a double tumor groove suture percussion nail.
Dragon lice: When you think of dragon lice, you might think of the Cantonese food "water cockroach". The dragon lice is a beetle that can dive, and can not only swim in the water, but also fly out of the water. Although small, dragon lice are fierce "predators", sometimes even banding together to hunt fish and frogs that are much larger than them. Wang Min said that the dragon lice in Yangzhou include yellow-edged dragon lice and tooth-edged dragon lice.
Water turtles: Resemble dragon lice and can live in the same environment (rice paddies, ponds). Common water turtle insects in Yangzhou include large water turtles and so on.
Scarab beetle: A common beetle in Yangzhou in summer, it is also an insect that people often play with. There are many kinds of scarabs in Yangzhou, such as flower turtles, emerald green turtles, white star flower turtles and so on.
Reporter Xiang Jiafu text/photo