Recently, when the Shanghai customs staff conducted X-ray inspection of a mail with the name of "He lingzi" on a ticket, they found that the image of the mail was abnormal, and immediately opened the box for inspection. The mail was a cardboard box with four plastic tubes, each containing a vicious-looking insect, with no half-cent relationship to the place of declaration and the sativa, apparently the mailer knew that the mail was an illegal item that was not allowed to enter. Sure enough, the 4 insects identified by the relevant departments are all beetles called golden ghost spade beetles.
Affected by multiple factors, in recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of "alien species" trying to flow into China through various channels. According to the data, more than 14,000 quarantine pests were intercepted in the first quarter of 2021, of which 710 species of alien species and 1,749 batches were intercepted, most of which were through express mail, mail, parcels and other means.
The golden ghost spade seized by Shanghai Customs this time is an "old face". In May 2021, Kunming customs officials found a package containing 10 insects during a routine mail inspection, many of which were golden ghost spade armor; coincidentally, in June 2021, Dalian Customs intercepted 44 inbound insects at a time, of which about 1/3 were golden ghost spade armor. According to the data, the golden ghost spade occupies a considerable proportion of the many insects seized by China's customs staff every year, often disguised as toys or placed in bonsai in order to "fool through the customs".
So the question is, what kind of golden spade nail is it, and why it is said that once it is established, it will cause great damage to the natural ecology of our country.
The golden shovel is a typical spade-shaped insect with a pair of large, outwardly curved jaws, a more pronounced depression in the head, and multiple black spots on the forebreast. Compared with other spade worms, the shell of the golden spade is hard and golden yellow, but the edges of the jaw, antennae, and ends of the feet are black. The golden spade armor is considered to be the "behemoth" of the beetles, which has set a record length of 8.3 cm, and the male insect is generally much larger than the female insect, and if it is not introduced, it is likely to mistake the female insect for the male insect's cub.
Tropical rainforests above 1,000 meters above sea level are the best habitats for golden spades, with Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia being the most important producing areas. The larvae grow up here by nibbling on the leaves of the tree, turn black when it rains or in humid conditions, and dyes it golden again when it dries.
The number of golden ghost spade armor is rare and the appearance is beautiful, so it is sought after by a large number of beetle enthusiasts, and a stable gold ghost spade nail trading market has been formed in the international market. Some institutional investigations have found that there is a shadow of some international biological organizations looming behind the golden ghost spade market, and it is unknown whether anyone uses the golden ghost spade to achieve ulterior motives.
The reason why I am worried about the golden ghost spade armor is because China has its environment and place for survival and reproduction, and it can be inferred from the continuous increase in the number of seized golden ghost spade armor in recent years, otherwise breeding enthusiasts or hostile forces will not bother to send them to China.
In addition, from the perspective of environmental resources, there are 3 mountains above 8 kilometers in China, 13 mountains of 6000-8000 meters, 16 mountains of 3000-6000 meters, and more mountains of 1000-3000 meters, and there is always a place suitable for the golden ghost spade to inhabit. Taking Yunnan as an example, Yunnan is known as China's gene bank, the environment is suitable, there are many kinds of organisms, and the golden ghost spade has a high probability of finding suitable mountains and woodlands in Yunnan.
The golden ghost spade armor adopts oviparous growth, from the larval egg to the adult worm through several stages such as eggs, larvae, pupae, adult worms, mother worms, etc., Yunnan can fully provide the food required by the golden ghost spade nail in each stage. More importantly, the strong fertility of the golden spade can lay a large number of young eggs at one time, and when dispersed in a very short period of time, they will spread out inexplicable communities.
In fact, my country has been subjected to alien species. Alien creatures either have fewer natural enemies or no natural enemies, they in the new environment in addition to eating and drinking, reproduction is almost their only pleasure, often first to establish a community, after a period of hibernation immediately after the explosive growth, red fire ant is a typical representative. At present, the red fire ant has spread to 435 counties and districts in 12 provinces in China, and continues to march to North China and The Great Northwest, and the situation is not optimistic. It should be known that around 2004, the red fire ant appeared for the first time in Guangzhou, China, and it is said that the red fire ant entered China with imported furniture.
There is no specific amount of harm to the golden shovel armor, and it should be strictly guarded against to avoid repeating the mistakes of the red fire ant.
Original: Old High