CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What color are the molting cicadas in the park?

1. What color are the cicadas that have shed their shells in the park?

The cicadas in the park that have shed their shells are milky yellow.

The golden cicada is actually the larva of the cicada. It lives in the ground for several years and only crawls out of the ground to shed its skin and emerge as a young insect after it has fully developed. The idiom "a cicada sheds its skin" refers to this insect.

The process of shedding the shell

When the cicada pupa has a crack on its back, the cicada begins to shed its shell. It takes about half an hour for the cicada to completely emerge from its shell. After it emerges, the cicada grasps the pupa shell and begins to molt. Its soft wings slowly unfold, and it takes about 20 minutes for the wings to fully unfold. At this time, the cicada is soft and light green with a hint of blue. As time goes by, the cicada's body slowly turns black, its wings turn white and hard, and it climbs higher and higher, and can fly after dawn.

Why do cicadas shed their shells?

There is a relatively hard skin on the surface of the cicada's body. This skin prevents the internal substances from flowing out and prevents the invasion of harmful substances from the outside. This is very unfavorable to the growth of cicada larvae, and it restricts the growth of the young cicada's body. In order for the growth of cicada larvae, they need to shed their shells frequently.

2. What is Golden Cicada?

The golden cicada is a representative species of the animal kingdom, arthropoda, insect class, homoptera, and cicadidae. It has the biological characteristics of gradual metamorphosis and goes through three stages in its life: egg, nymph, and adult. The nymph has many common names, such as the old turtle, the hunchback, the climbing black grasshopper cicada, the cicada turtle, the cicada monkey, and the climbing fork.

Warm reminder: Golden cicadas are protected wild animals. Protecting wild animals starts with ourselves. We should refuse to buy or sell wild animal products and do not interfere with the free life of wild animals. The current behavior of eating precious and endangered wild animals is not only a social bad habit, but also one of the reasons why illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wild animals are rampant. No buying or selling means no killing. Stop eating wild animals. They do not belong on the table.

3. What is the scientific name of the golden cicada?

Grasshopper.

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Introduction of Golden Cicada

Latin name: Cryptotympana atrata

Classification: Homoptera, Tetrigoidae

Its real name is golden cicada, which is a representative species of Cicadidae insects. The adult is also called black cicada, and the adult is commonly known as cicada turtle, cicada monkey, etc.

June to July every year is the unearthed period of golden cicadas. The quantity of golden cicadas during this period is the largest and the freshest. They are generally fresh and alive. The price during this period is generally cheaper. The products after August are generally refrigerated in cold storage for insurance, so as to ensure year-round supply. At present, urban people do not have enough understanding of the nutritional value of golden cicadas.

【Morphological characteristics】

The adult body is 40-48 mm long, with a wingspan of 125 mm. The whole body is black, shiny, and has a metallic luster. The compound eyes are light reddish brown. There is a yellow-brown spot in the center of the front edge of the head and above the cheek. The mesothorax is wide, with a yellow-brown "X"-shaped bulge in the center. The front and back wings are transparent. The front edge of the forewing is light yellow-brown, the base is black, the sub-front chamber is black, the base of the forewing is 1/3 black, the base of the wing is black, with a light yellow-brown spot; the base of the hindwing is 2/5 black, and the wing veins are light yellow and dark black. The legs are light yellow-brown. The male has a phonator on the first and second abdominal segments, while the female has no phonator but has an auditory organ. The abdominal flap is very underdeveloped, and the ovipositor is prominent and developed. The eggs are oblong and slightly curved; about 2.5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide; milky white and shiny. The nymphs are yellowish brown, have wing buds, and can crawl. The forelegs of the first instar are in a distinct burrowing style. The last instar nymphs are 35 mm long, yellowish brown, have burrowing forelegs, and have very developed wing buds.

Grasshopper.

It is the largest of all cicadas, with a body length of up to 48mm. It is widely distributed in North China and southern Northeast my country.

The nymphs are golden in color and edible; the skin shed by the nymphs is called cicada molt, which can be used as a medicinal material.

4. What did the ancient golden cicada look like?

It’s a golden toad, not a golden cicada!

Three-legged golden toad, in ancient Chinese mythology, there is a three-legged toad in the Moon Palace, and later generations also called the Moon Palace the Toad Palace. The ancients believed that the golden toad was a lucky thing that could attract wealth and ward off evil spirits.

In Taoism, the three-legged toad is called "Chan". It is said that it can spit out gold coins from its mouth and is a symbol of wealth. In ancient times, Liu Hai practiced Taoism and used a trick to subdue the golden toad to become an immortal. Later, the legend of "Liu Hai plays with the golden toad and catches gold coins at every step" spread among the Chinese people. In real life, there are also related decorations and many literary and artistic works have been filmed. In the 2013 film and television work "Liu Hai Plays with the Golden Toad", the famous Hong Kong movie star Patrick Tam played the role of the golden toad.