Firefly The reason for the light is mating. The male flashes two lines and the female flashes one line of light. They fly around looking for each other. They only have ten days of courtship. In such a short period of time, it must endure for a year in water and soil.
Before industrialization, it was very common, but currently, the survival rate of adult fireflies in the wild is only 1-2% . This is why the firefly is designated as a natural monument.
"It is wasteful to watch fireflies flying alone. Watching fireflies seems to be floating in space, looking at the bright stars. If a large number of fireflies return to nature, will others be as ecstatic as me, even for a moment? Although it is not the season to see fireflies in nature, Jin Shanzhen ( Seon-jin Kim ) ( 38 years old) is raising fireflies that dream of flying. Jinshan town artificially raises fireflies in Everland Wildlife Park. Can insects reproduce?
The following is a question and answer with him.
What is your current job?
After graduating from the Department of Special Zoology,I have been engaged in insect breeding for more than 10 years. Starting from butterflies, we currently raise 700-800,000 young fireflies every year (the domestic fireflies are fireflies, Yunmenshan fireflies and late fireflies).
The process of becoming a sparkling firefly?
Fireflies mate in June and lay their eggs near the water. The larvae hatch after one month. The larvae eat snails and water snails for the winter in the water, and then go to the ground, after a total of 4 moulting process to become adults. Then they started flying for about ten days to mate.
Why do we breed fireflies?
According to the elders, there used to be too many fireflies in rural areas, and there were too many fireflies to avoid. Fireflies are active at night, so even the presence of artificial lighting will threaten their survival. The reason for its existence is to raise a large number of fireflies in a certain environment and make them return to nature (currently looking for natural radiation habitats). We focus on improving the survival rate, and the speed of growing into an adult is about 30% .
The workplace environment is cool and humid
is important for the growth of wild fireflies.In the past, they went to the mountains to collect soil, but creating a certain environment is more effective for reproduction than moving the habitat. After the ecological environment is stabilized through work such as concrete, the hatching rate is increased by 10-20% than before.
Firefly reproduction has the highest loss rate in the larval stage. While working on the sidelines, he paid particular attention to caterpillars in the waterways. "The child born this time will grow up more delicately than before. During the incubation phase, instead of releasing it directly into the waterway, we move it to the basin and feed it directly until it becomes healthier."
Haruki Murakami 's short story "Firefly" compares the name to "the light of youth that can hardly be captured". I let him watch the fireflies with "short ecstasy", even Kim Cage couldn't catch it. "The longer you stay, the higher the frequency of habitat destruction. I want you to look carefully at the fireflies, and think you will come to see them later." Fireflies are often observed in Muju. The habitat around Seochon-myeon is listed as a natural monument of 322 . Jeju Island 's Gotjawaldo is considered to be the collective habitat of the fireflies in Yunmen Mountain.