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Have you ever used a red worm?
I believe that many friends have fed ornamental fish with red worms, so naturally many friends know that the essence of red worms is the larvae of mosquitoes.
However, today's examination of everyone: is the shaking mosquito a kind of mosquito?
For a long time, I always thought that the vast majority of friends knew the correct answer, but today when I was chatting with an aquarist, I found out that I was wrong, and it turned out that many friends mistakenly thought that the mosquito was a mosquito.
Because of this, this friend of mine asked me a funny question: If you stay at home for a long time to feed red worms, will they turn into mosquitoes to bite their families?
Today, I will talk to you about the knowledge of red worms and rocking mosquitoes, and introduce you to the widows that everyone is familiar with.
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Mosquito larvae, also known as red worms in the mouths of aquarists
The mosquito really doesn't belong to mosquitoes, although it really looks a lot like a mosquito.
Have you ever heard of "Diptera"?
According to the classification of biology, there is an arthropod phylum under the animal kingdom, there is a jaw subphylla under the arthropod phylum, there is a hexapod under the jaw subphylum, and there is a famous insect class under the hexapod, I believe most readers and friends have heard of this term, there is a winged subclass under the insect class, and the diptera belongs to the winged subclass.
Diptera is composed of eight "families": The Great Mosquito Family, the Mosquito Family, the Phylloscopidae, the Pterophoridae, the Family Pterodactylidae, the Family Pterodactylidae, the Family Pterophoridae, and the Family Pterophoridae.
Among them, our common annoying biting mosquitoes belong to the mosquito family, and the mosquitoes that breed red insects belong to the family of mosquitoes. By the way, one of the protein worms that watching fish players hate is actually the larvae of moth midges, moth midges belong to the hairy midge family, its habits are similar to mosquitoes, now you should be able to understand why there are protein worms in your fish tank, right?
Back to the point! Both the mosquito and the mosquito have a "mosquito" in their names, but they are unrelated biological species, just like potatoes and red beans, without a dime.
Shake the mosquito
The larvae of the shaking mosquito are called red worms, and the larvae of ordinary mosquitoes are called widows. Can you read the words "womb"?
Ordinary mosquitoes need to go through four stages to change from eggs to mosquitoes: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult insects.
The well-known widow is actually the second stage of mosquitoes, that is, the larval stage.
The widow will hang upside down on the surface of the water, breathing in the air outside the surface of the water, while eating the nutrients in the water, after four molts will become pupae, the pupa will soon feather into mosquitoes. This is the life history of mosquitoes.
The life history of the mosquito is very similar to that of mosquitoes, and there are four stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult insects. The red worm is the second stage of the mosquito, but the larval stage of the mosquito is very long, 4 to 5 months, and its pupal stage is very short, many times only a few hours.
Therefore, red worms are the second growth stage of mosquitoes, and widows are also the second growth stage of mosquitoes, and their biggest difference is that they are hanging upside down under the water, and red worms hide in the silt at the bottom of the pool. Although both red worms and widows can be used to feed fish, they are really not the same thing.
In addition, all female mosquitoes are insects that bite people, and the vast majority of mosquitoes are non-biting beneficial insects and are an indispensable part of the natural water environment.
So rest assured, even if the live red worms used to feed the fish in your home are feathered, they will not bite your family, not to mention, in high probability, your family does not have the conditions for mosquito feathering.
Frozen red worms
Almost every ornamental fish player will feed red worms in the fish tank, which does not need to be taught, but there are some small details that need to be reminded of attention.
First of all, it is not recommended that you go directly to the wild to catch red worms.
First, the amount of labor is too large, the process of fishing for red worms is a process of washing pond mud, most aquarists can not do this kind of physical work; second, this wild red worm is unreliable to use, there are epidemic prevention considerations, unless you are bold.
Second, it is best not to feed the fish with live insects.
Even the red worms in the red worm farm do not dare to guarantee that they are foolproof, and it is best to use frozen red worms, which can effectively reduce the trouble of pathogenic bacteria and parasites.
Finally, overnight dead red worms do not use.
If your frozen red worms have dissolved but haven't used up that day, keep the remaining red worms in the refrigerator or they should be discarded the next day, after all, the red worms spoil faster than you think.
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