spent his childhood in the countryside.
At that time, rural children did not have many toys, so many small animals could be toys. Of course, they had to be non-dangerous.
and longhorned are also one of the "toys" of childhood.
Where we call this little animal, we don’t call it long-horned beetle, but “old buffalo”. In fact, it’s still very strange to this day. Why is this little thing called “old buffalo”? It clearly has nothing to do with "cow" or "water".
There are more of these little animals in the first picture and less in the second picture.
In summer, the green leaves are shady, and the beetles hide on the green leaves. The beetle is not good at flying, even though it has wings. It is also not good at crawling. It seems that its eyes are not very good and it does not know the existence of danger. As long as it sees them, it can be caught quickly.
Of course, don’t think this little thing is safe. In fact, it can bite people. It has small sharp teeth that cannot be handled casually, but just avoid its mouth.
Beetle has two small braids, just like a little girl, and we just use its braids to tease it. This guy is also an idiot. If you put his little braid to his mouth, he will bite it off without mercy without any bleeding or water. We kids will laugh out loud.
Think about it this way, maybe the beetle's pigtails themselves don't have a nervous system , so they don't feel that they are part of themselves, just like human hair, right? That's what I think anyway.
When we have had enough of playing with this little thing, we will let it go and let it return to the branch.
In fact, I have never known the properties of beetles. It was only when I wrote this article today that I remembered to look up the information and found out that it was a pest. If I had known that it was a pest back then, according to the nature of children who hate pests, I would definitely eliminate it. of.
What is the name of this little animal in your dialect?
