In recent years, China's ecological environment has become more and more improved with the vigorous support of the state and the joint efforts of people, but one of the security risks has become more and more obvious, that is, the invasion of alien species.
Maybe now China's treatment of foreign species is very good, such problems have been solved one by one, but with the improvement of people's living standards, the requirements for pets have become "sublime", and there are always people who like to raise some strange alien species.
Like ocelots, fire salamanders and other exotic species, in Our country's customs checkpoint has not been found for the first time, and the discovery of ocelots is even really abandoned by people after being mistaken for leopards only found, these species are not present in China, you know, every alien species will have a serious impact on China's environment.
Since 2021, China's customs has intercepted pests more than 14,000 times in the first quarter, which also shows China's determination to deal with this problem from the side, but it also exposes a serious problem in China, that is, the awareness of the protection of the ecological environment and species diversity has not improved, and it is more like it is slowly weakening.
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In June this year, Dalian Customs seized a package of 44 invasive insects, of which a small number of them were golden ghost spades, so what is this species?
The golden ghost spade is a very typical spade-type insect, it has a pair of large and curved jaws, there are many small black spots on the chest, compared with other spade-type insects, its head has obviously visible depressions, the reason why it is called golden ghost spade armor, because its shell is hard and looks golden.
Why does this species make people so afraid? Why is it said that once they establish communities and grow in groups, they will cause serious damage to China's ecological environment?
The golden ghost spade armor is a very large variety in the spade type insect, and the world's largest golden ghost spade armor is 8.3 cm long. They prefer tropical rainforests above 1,000 meters above sea level, so in Indonesia, tropical regions such as Malaysia and Sumatra are their main production areas.
Once they find a suitable place to live, they will eat a lot of local leaves and plants, and their fertility is extremely strong.
Each spawn can lay a large number of eggs, and the spawning places are very widespread, plus they have no natural enemies, and it will not take long to grab the food of other herbivores, causing ecosystem disorders, and the consequences are irreversible.
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According to China's laws, the capture, breeding and hunting of these wild species will be dealt with by the criminal law, including some "exotic pets" smuggled from customs, and these will be punished by law.
According to statistics, as of the end of last year, China's invasive alien species have reached 754 species, such as crayfish, fire salamander, sunfish, scavenger are invasive alien species, they will cause serious and irreversible impact on the environment, most of which are due to illegal smuggling caused by the invasion of these alien species.
Most people risk smuggling these "exotic pets" mainly because they want to satisfy their vanity and curiosity, and pursue excitement, so they will find ways to introduce them. In order to resist such a situation and increase the intensity of input supervision, many customs have issued more stringent treaties, and the country's laws also show the determination and attitude to address invasive alien species, and resolutely resist.
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These illegal introducers, in order to satisfy their own desires, did not consider the impact of this. These smuggled "exotic pets" will bring a lot of safety hazards, and some exotic species will affect human safety, such as flaming ants, if they bite humans, they will most likely produce allergic reactions and cause harm to the human body.
It is worth mentioning that the previous invading red fire ants have strong reproductive ability and strong harm, and there are almost no natural enemies, no matter what the creature, they will attack it.
They contain a large amount of venom in their venom sacs, and after being bitten, humans will blush, have a rapid heartbeat, have difficulty breathing, have a rash, and severely lead to shock and even death. Where they arrive, almost all species can no longer survive and will be reduced to their targets.
Because alien species have no natural enemies, after invading China, it will cause great damage to China's ecosystem and local ecological environment, and serious situations may also lead to the extinction of many endangered species due to shortage, and the seriousness of the harm will only be imagined.
Among the four batches of illegally imported insects seized by Dalian Customs in June this year, there were 23 adult insects, 21 larvae, 1 insect specimen and one dead insect, as well as the 44 live insects mentioned earlier, if this had not been seized, the impact would have been unimaginable.
There are three main species of alien species, intentional introduction, unintentional introduction, natural invasion, of course, intentional introduction of the situation is certainly the most, only in the customs interception has been countless, the current has not been found smuggled species absolutely exist, once improperly handled, by the alien biological invasion again, repeat the mistakes of the fire red ant will be unimaginable.