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The beetle in Zhang Xiang's hand kept writhing, while trying to pinch Zhang Xiang's fingers, the tentacles on his head kept shaking, trying to break free from his shackles!

Li Houtu found the piebald beetle interesting, so he also searched under the walnut tree. Without much effort, he also found a big beetle in a crack in the tree!

"I really can't see that the beetle can make this walnut tree like this!"

Li Houtou raised his head to look at the walnut tree in front of him. At this time, everything was flourishing and the surroundings were green. , only this walnut tree has obvious yellow leaves!

"This kind of longhorn beetle looks inconspicuous. It usually has one generation every two years, spanning three years. It overwinters in the trunk as adults or larvae. It starts to be active in late April, and the peak spawning period is in mid-to-late June."

"The larvae are pale yellow and have no legs. The adults are dark brown or russet, and have the habit of feigning death and phototaxis! But its harm is not small."

Zhang Jinshan is also familiar with this beetle. In the countryside, small children will catch beetles and play with them. It is more interesting than any toys they buy!

Zhang Xiang remembers that when he was a child, he used to catch or observe longhorn beetles, and he was very interested in them.What's interesting is that when you grab it, it will make a "creaking" sound, trying to break free and escape.

Sometimes a thin thread is tied to the leg of the beetle and let it fly, and the sound of "yingying" can still be heard.At that time, I often played tianniu racing, tianniu pulling carts, tianniu fishing, and tianniu racing with Liu Lei...

In my young mind, longhorns were very interesting—natural pets.

Of course, when he was playing as a child, Zhang Xiang was also bitten by the strong palate of the longhorn!But at that time, there were at most two howls.It will be fun to play again.

What he and Liu Lei like to play the most is a game of "beetle fishing", which is very amusing.The two are in a basin of water.Put a small piece of fish shape, perforate and tie the thread.

The other end of the line is tied to the horn of the tian ox, the length of the line is moderate, and the tian ox is placed on another small wooden bar, floating on the water surface, surrounded by water around the tian ox, feeling restless.Frequent waving of the tentacles is like fishing, and the fish seems to be out of water.Then the fishing is successful.

The two often make two beetles fish in competitions, and the one who fishes first wins, which is very interesting.Zhang Gao and Zhang Yun are always clapping their hands happily, whoever loses must bark like a dog!

Zhang Xiang doesn't even smile when he thinks about it now.When I was young, rural children didn't have many toys.The beetle is the most bizarre thing, it is simply a small section of crawling intestines!

"At this time of year, its egg-laying period has passed. If you spray the tree trunk with pesticides, the effect will not be great. Besides, pesticides will also affect the walnut fruiting!"

Zhang Xiang pondered for a while, now it's not like when he was a child, he can have fun for a long time catching the beetle.Only by coming up with a safe and effective way to eradicate the harm of these beetles.Otherwise, the walnut tree will not be able to keep it!

"If there are walnut trees in my house, I use the adult insects to attract light and feign death. At night, I use lights to lure them under the tree to hunt and kill them. During the day, I also often observe the leaves and twigs. I found that some small twigs were bitten and were fresh. adult worms can be caught nearby"

"After seeing the adults laying eggs, I found that there were oviposition openings and grooves. Hitting with a hammer can kill the eggs and newly hatched larvae. When the larvae have penetrated into the tree trunk, then observe the insect droppings, and use thin iron wire to make the tip into a small The hook is inserted through the wormhole, and the hook kills the larvae."

"As long as you use dim sum, the beetle is also very easy to kill!"

Zhang Jinshan talked about the method of eliminating beetles in his family, but he was also very experienced!But Zhang Xiang shook his head when he heard it.

"Second brother, there are a few walnut trees in front of and behind your house, which have electricity to turn on the lights, but this method doesn't work on the mountain field. If you hit the trunk with a hammer, wouldn't that exhaust you to death?"

Zhang Xiang gave a wry smile, Zhang Jinshan's thinking was too naive, this mountain field is so big, we have to find another way to eliminate the longhorn beetle!

"There are not many walnut trees suffering from long-beetle disease, and there are some walnut trees whose roots have been bitten by insects and ants. There are even more of them. Just go and see!"

Zhang Jinshan also has a headache. There is little rain this year, so the walnut trees are not infested by many insects, but many trees have suffered damage these days!

Zhang Xiang remained silent, and followed Zhang Jinshan to the depths of the mountain field. Li Houtu talked about his own affairs on the way to comfort him:

"No matter what you do, it is impossible to be smooth sailing. Behind any success is not a tear, you are still called good..."

"Just me, once three cars of medium and high-end fish were on the highway, and there was a mudslide in front of me, which blocked me for three days. Most of my millions of fish died, and the date set by the customer was delayed. Crap!"

Speaking of this, Li Houtu also sighed for a while, but didn't those lost money get back later!

"I know what's going on in my mind. I'm thinking about how to solve the problem of the cattle rampage that day!"

Zhang wanted to smile, and his eyes were attracted by the walnut trees in front again, but this time there was another person busy there beside the walnut tree. It was the villager Lei Ming invited by Zhang Jinshan to take care of the walnut trees.

Lei Ming is not tall, in his 30s, a little thin and dark.He was spraying the walnut trees with spray on his back, and there were many cut bushes around.

"Is Lei Ming taking the medicine I mentioned? Do you think it's working?"

Zhang Jinshan quickly walked a few steps, and asked Lei Ming, who was spraying the medicine, about the walnut infestation. They calculated it at home, and quickly took some medicine to control it!

Li Houtu was not used to walking on mountain roads, so he found a place to sit down and rest first, while Zhang Xiang circled around the trees, and saw that the roots of many trees were eaten by insects, the bark was also rotting, and the center of the trunks also showed signs of decay .

There are many groups of black ants under the tree, and there are red and white bugs that Zhang can't even imagine. People who look at it are flustered!

"What kind of medicine did you use, when did you start to use it, and is there any harm to these walnut trees?"

Zhang wanted to see that the walnut tree had been gnawed badly by insects. If it was not rescued in time, the tree would definitely die. It would take many years for a walnut tree to grow from a young age to fruit!

"The insecticide I used first, I have only been using it for two days, and the effect has not yet come out. The mountain field is too big, and it will take several days to spray the medicine!"

Lei Ming put down the sprayer in his hand, took off the mask, and prepared to take a rest.

Zhang Xiang has been wandering around walnut trees. Since there were walnut trees in the mountain field, he often pays attention to some basic information about walnut trees on the Internet and in books!

So today he proposed to take a look at the pests and diseases of walnut trees, and after comparing it with the one in his memory, he had an idea in his mind;

"Let me tell you a few ways to try. First, remove the diseased branches and fallen leaves, scrape off the rough bark at the base of the trunk, and apply 5 degrees of Baume to 10 degrees of Baume lime sulfur mixture or 50% thiophanate-methyl for prevention and treatment! "

"After digging up the soil on the roots, use an ax to cut through the cortex every ten centimeters or so, then paint the affected parts with walnut Baoguoling I, and then re-soil, which can kill the root larvae;"

"Second brother, you must not have enough manpower this time. Go back to the village and find some temporary workers immediately. No matter what you say, you must keep this walnut tree. Even if the production is reduced, it is better than nothing!"

Zhang wanted to stop here for a while, and then said: "It's also because I didn't remind you that before the beginning of winter last year, the litter, fallen leaves and weeds in the lower part of the canopy should be cleared and burned in a concentrated manner."

"Plowing the soil under the tree can eliminate most of the overwintering larvae. In spring, before the young damaged fruits fall off, they should be cut off in time, picked and buried deeply, so as to reduce the population density of the next year, and such things will not happen!"

Zhang Xiang's mood is not low. It is natural that this walnut tree is seriously ill. At any time, not only the joy of harvest, but also some setbacks are waiting for you!

There were four of them when they went back. Under the influence of Zhang Xiang along the way, they were all in a good mood, talking and laughing, and planned to go to the town to buy pesticides in the afternoon.

If what Zhang wants to say works, those walnut trees will be saved in just a few days, and this year's production will not be greatly affected!

"Xiangzi, I don't think it's hard to say what's going on this year! You can see that it hasn't rained around Qingming Festival, and it's already the end of March in the lunar calendar. God still hasn't rained a single drop!"

Zhang Jinshan took out a pack of cigarettes, shared one with each of them, lit the cigarette, took a puff comfortably, and then exhaled the smoke ring!

"That's right, if it wasn't for the two snowfalls last year, the grass on this mountain would have dried up!" Lei Ming's empty sprayer was still carried on his back, but it didn't affect his smoking!

Zhang wanted to take a look at the mountain field, and it was still full of greenery, but a lot of the grass was slightly curly, and he was not energetic, and it seemed that he was a little short of water!

"This is uncertain, maybe it will rain at night!"

Zhang Xiang felt that the day was a bit sultry and hot, and he didn't know where to hide when he looked at the sun. There were only a few dark clouds in the sky!

"Lei Ming, you are just worrying about it. Our village has a lot of water sources. The big one is Xujia Lake, and the small ones are full of ponds. There will be drought for us!"

Zhang Jinshan and Lei Ming were arguing there, and a few people walked back talking and laughing. Zhang wanted to remind them to put out the cigarette butts in their hands before throwing them away!

Soon they arrived at the place where they first encountered tarantulas. Zhang Jinshan was still a little nervous, so he casually said to Lei Ming;

"You also walk around the mountain every day. Do you see a lot of big tarantulas on the mountain? When I came here, I met a female tarantula here. It was only a little smaller than a fist, and it was scary!"

"Brother Jin, don't mention it, there are a lot of tarantulas in this mountain field. I am thinking about waiting for the fruit tree disease and insects to be cured, and see if I can eliminate some of these tarantulas. No peace!"

They are very taboo when it comes to tarantulas. There are too many of them and they are very poisonous. If they are accidentally bitten, it will be fatal!

Li Houtu was terrified by what they said, and he always felt that there were many tarantulas around him staring at him. He couldn't help but look around, and suddenly his face changed drastically, and he couldn't finish a sentence!

"Tarantulas, there are so many..." (to be continued...)