On the banyan tree by the pond, cicadas are calling summer loudly. . . . . . .
This familiar song has accompanied us through our childhood.
However, today’s children may still know this and cicada . But it is hard to imagine how far it will develop in ten or twenty years.
Because in cities and villages, whenever the sun sets and the lights first come on, wherever there are trees, there are countless swaying lights. Adults and children alike walked out of their homes in droves, starting a time for everyone to catch cicada monkeys.
In the Central Plains, after the wheat harvest, the weather started to get hot, which was also the time when the cicadas started chirping. At that time, when I wanted to take a nap after lunch, I was always accompanied by the chirping of cicadas. This thing is also quite strange. It seems to have been agreed upon. Everyone shouts and stops together, and the rhythm is very strong. Although
still tweets, it has obviously decreased a lot. The reason is not only known to everyone, but it was eaten.
Every night, almost every village has a store that specializes in collecting this stuff, and the unit price has increased from 10 to 20 cents to nearly one yuan this year! There were a lot of
in the past and they were easier to catch. It wouldn’t be a big deal if one person could catch dozens or even hundreds of them in one night. Now that everyone is doing the same thing, it is naturally much more difficult.
So a few years ago, some brilliant people came up with a good idea. One way to make the cicada almost extinct is to wrap a circle of tape at a suitable location on the tree, which becomes an insurmountable obstacle for the cicada monkeys.
If you catch cicada monkeys in the past, there will always be places where people cannot reach. Even if we go all the way, there will always be those who are diligent or at the wrong time, and some will be able to climb to the top of the tree. Good thing now, no matter when we go, they can't cross the circle of plastic tape and can only become dinner.
It is said that after the cicada lays its eggs, it takes three or four years for the cicada to emerge from the ground. As people pay close attention to the investigation, it is difficult to say whether new ones will emerge in a few years.
Those affected are not just humans, but also many birds and other animals that feed on cicadas. As for when they don’t have enough to eat, will they turn back to eat human food? It’s hard to say.
Because many birds seem to have no record of damaging crops before, especially if the crops are not mature. It's different now. Maybe there's a lack of water or the birds are hungry. Those little watermelons were riddled with holes by the birds. Many apples, peaches, etc. are still early to ripen, but they are visited by birds first.
I remember that in the past, when the fruit trees matured, most of them did not finish picking them all, leaving a few on top, saying that they were reserved for the birds. Birds at that time rarely ate unripe fruit.
