It is also called itchy spicy, scientifically known as brown-edged green thorn moth. Anyone who has seen the real thing knows that in fact, the scientific name is more vivid, because it looks like a pale yellowish green with a little brown, a burr on the body. It is widely distributed, and it has appeared in most parts of the country, such as Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Chongqing, Yunnan, Jiangsu, and Sichuan. I believe that most of the friends living in the rural areas in the above areas have seen it, and even many people have been stung by it. The characteristic of the foreign spicy seed is that as long as it is stung once, it will be unforgettable for a lifetime, and it will be remembered vividly until death.
The things we see in our daily lives are the adult worms that they look like when they are able to sting people. However, since it is called the brown-edged green thorn moth, it is actually similar to the reproduction and evolution of other moths. In essence, it belongs to the winged subclass of insects, with eggs, pupating, and different morphological characteristics of different life stages.
The eggs are flattened and oval, the color looks pale yellow and green, the length and diameter are about 1.3 to 1.5 mm, and the short diameter is about 0.8 to 0.9 mm. Mature larvae can grow to 2.5 to 2.8 cm in length, shaped like a rectangle, initially yellowish, and slowly turn yellow-green and green as the larvae grow. Adults can grow to 1.5 to 1.6 cm long, have a wingspan of about 3.6 to 4 cm, and are predominantly green in color, but also reddish-brown, with black-brown compound eyes on the body. What can make people feel tingling sensations, pain and itching is called clusters of blue and black thorn hairs. This kind of thorn hair grows at the end of the abdomen of the foreign spicy child, there are 4 hairs, it looks spherical, the poisonous hair has thorns, once it is stabbed, it is very uncomfortable, and it is not good for half a day.
Of course, compared with the stinging, the greater harm of the foreign spicy seed is that it eats everything, has a complex diet, has many food sources, and has a relatively serious harm to many fruit trees and trees. Common poplars, willows, mulberries, elms, apples, pears, begonias, hawthorns and acacias, plane trees and plane trees can all be its hosts and food sources. Trees that have been gnawed by it will have stunted development, which will cause a decrease in fruit tree yields and a decrease in economic forest revenues. As a result, farmers are very troubled.
In our hometown of Dabie Mountain, foreign spicy seeds are very common. When I was a child, I went up the mountain to cut firewood or herd cattle to fight pig grass, and the most hated thing was foreign spicy seeds. This "little guy" likes to stay on the back of the leaves, because the body is mostly green, so it is not easy to find. If you are not careful, passing under the tree, the bare skin, especially the arm, is easy to touch, and once you touch it, you will emit the pain of drilling the heart, and it is accompanied by itching and is not easy to deal with.
Every time I was stung by a spicy child, I couldn't help but take cruel revenge on it. It is light to smash with stones, and if you go into the mountains with adults, you will borrow matches or cigarettes from them, and put the spicy seeds on the fire to roast them, making a crackling sound, and your heart will be comfortable. This is a prank of childhood, and it should not be true. However, in our hometown, if you are stabbed by the stinger on the body of the foreign spicy, you can take some soil methods to treat.
First of all, the easiest way is to spit on the wound. Of course, it is more effective to take the laundry at home to soap up some water, the thicker the better, and apply it to the place where it is stabbed. Multiple times, you can quickly reduce symptoms. It is also possible to apply toothpaste to the affected area. It will have an effect in a few minutes, feel cool, wait for the toothpaste to dry in half an hour or so, and you can pull out the stinger by the way. In addition, the bold can also catch the foreign spicy seeds, break the body, find the green meridians, and mash them and apply them to the affected area, the effect is very good. Of course, the black meridians in the body of the foreign spicy must not be touched, that is the source of the poison that stings your body.
To be honest, no one in the countryside is not stung by foreign spices, although painful, but also commonplace. Because this thing is so common and everywhere, it's hard to say it won't get stabbed. However, I have never heard of anyone who specializes in the purchase of foreign spicy seeds, and it is so expensive, it costs 200 yuan a pound.
Later, it turned out that they were not adults who bought spicy seeds, but larvae, that is, foreign spicy seeds that grew in the pupa shell, and some places called foreign spicy seeds cans. It is said that this thing is a high-protein nutritious delicacy, roughly similar to silkworm pupae and cicada pupae. Sometimes I have to admire Chinese, it's really too powerful. You can eat anything, you can eat anything, and you can also make a very delicious taste.
I haven't eaten it myself, and of course I don't dare to eat it. But according to those who have eaten it, the taste of foreign spicy seeds is very delicious. The method is also relatively simple, you can directly fry it in a frying pan. Don't put too many spices, otherwise it will spoil the delicious taste of the spicy seeds themselves. Therefore, since there is a market demand, someone will buy it and go to the mountains to catch it.
Because although there are many places in the foreign spicy, it is not easy to catch. Therefore, many people can only make high prices to stimulate, making people feel profitable, and only then are someone willing to go to the mountains to catch foreign spices. I don't know if you have ever had the experience of catching spicy seeds in the past, or whether you have been stung by foreign spicy seeds. Or have you ever eaten a dish made with lamb spicy seeds? You are welcome to leave a message below to talk about your experience and feelings.