Don't follow the rules

Chapter 183 Qimeng Amusement Park (23)
Insects have a much longer history than humans.

They can be said to be one of the earliest inhabitants of this land, and they once dominated it.

Their bodies are ancient yet sophisticated, frightening yet fascinating.

So, all visitors, please follow my footsteps and take a look at what these witnesses of ancient history look like today.

Here is the preface hall, with some graphic materials, and a brief introduction to the most prosperous animal on earth - insects. There are 150 million species in the world, accounting for more than three-quarters of the total number of known animal species.

In other words, the world we live in is full of insects.

[Insects are everywhere]

What we usually call "insects" actually refers to insects in a broad sense, including all the little guys with many legs that can scare people.

But in fact, insects in the narrow sense do not include spiders and centipedes.

According to scientific classification, insects are a class under the phylum Arthropods, class Insecta, while spiders are classified in class Arachnida.

Friends who are afraid of spiders are in luck, there are no spiders in our insect museum~
【Spiders are efficient and cruel predators. If you find a spider, please inform the guide immediately to clean it up】

Please follow me through the prologue hall, and then our history hall.

Here is a detailed introduction to the taxonomic levels of Insecta and representative species of 33 orders.

Behind the glass showcase are some ancient insect fossils, such as this 5000 million-year-old dragonfly fossil, which lived in the late Jurassic period, oh be careful, they are very precious.

They have gone through a long evolutionary process, originating from annelid-like worms, and later developed appendages from the ventral sides of the annelids for walking.

Insecta belongs to the subphylum Hexapod, so all insects have six legs.

[Non-hexapods are not allowed to enter the showcase, if there are non-hexapod creatures in the showcase, please inform the guide immediately to clean it up]

Follow me, this is the beetle specimen exhibition hall.

Ah~ Some of the children looked very surprised. They didn't expect that insects, which are usually scary, can look so good-looking.

Butterflies are known for their beauty, but beetles are no less.

Different from the pigments provided by plants, the brilliant color presented by many insects is a physical structural color, that is to say, even if they die, they will not lose this beautiful brilliance, which is the true sense of "never fade". .

Look at this Gidin bug, its beautiful iridescent metallic elytra are even used to make expensive jewelry.

[Insects are as immortal as gems]

Of course, in addition to their beauty, beetles have also left an important mark in human history. Please follow me.

This beetle does not look as dazzling as the previous ones, but it has a supreme status in the hearts of the ancient Egyptians and is revered as the "Scarab".

Its scientific name is "dung beetle", which may be a bit unfamiliar, so let me change its name to dung beetle.

Yes, the ancient Egyptians believed that dung beetles push the dung balls like they push the sun to rise in the east and set in the west, and they are always born from the dung balls, just like the god Atum they worshiped, they are asexual and self-produced, full of The radiance of divinity also represents "creation" and "rebirth".

But in fact, this is just because dung beetles like to lay their eggs in dung balls, which caused this cute misunderstanding.

oh!Tourist friend, please restrain your pet and don't let it jump on the exhibition cabinet. The bugs in the exhibition hall are not edible.

OK, thanks for your cooperation.

This is the insect and human exhibition hall, where the insects are divided into pests and beneficial insects.

Of course, this is full of human subjectivity, and perhaps the insects themselves are not convinced.

[If you find out-of-order labels and disordered specimens, please inform the guide to sort them out]

Look, what you are looking at is the deadliest killer in nature - the mosquito.

They can transmit up to 80 diseases including but not limited to malaria, dengue fever and Japanese encephalitis.

Inside this cylindrical display case is a hornet's nest, commonly known as a hornet's nest. It was found in the backyard of the Bamboo House Restaurant before, and firefighters were hired to help get it down. Later, it was donated to our insect museum for disposal.

Come, let's get closer and see the work of nature's greatest architects.

The honeycomb is composed of neatly arranged hexagonal prism cells. This is the most material-saving structure, and it has a large capacity and is extremely strong. The honeycomb structure is often widely used in architectural design.

Oh, by the way, here is a small easter egg. Our insect house also adopts the design of bionic architecture. Tourists and friends, can you guess which lucky insect we are using?

Yes, it is a beetle. Both the outer shell and the internal structure of a beetle are extremely complex, so we built the entire insectarium to look like a giant beetle. The rounded exterior shape can not only easily withstand various natural disasters, but also the architecture The interior is also quite stable.

[The world outside the insect shell is dangerous]

Let us continue to return to the hive. I believe everyone has heard more or less about insect swarm systems such as bee colonies and ant colonies. They generally support a queen, who is responsible for producing various classes required by the entire insect swarm system.

For example, worker insects are responsible for construction and maintenance, soldier insects are responsible for guarding, and male insects are responsible for breeding.

They don't need transcendent wisdom and thinking, they only need to act according to their instincts, and they can run the huge swarm system perfectly.

This is - order.

【Thoughts are the original sin of chaos】

Ah, the topic seems a bit heavy.

Let's change our mood and enjoy the most proud scenery of the Insectarium: the butterfly pool.

This is actually a greenhouse that simulates the ecological habits of butterflies in nature. We minimize human interference as much as possible and create a completely safe environment for the butterflies to live and reproduce.

In the middle is an artificial pool for the butterflies to rest and drink. Beside the pool is an albizia tree. They usually like to hang in bunches on this tree, with their hooked legs and whiskers hanging straight from the branches to the water. It is extremely spectacular.

The Butterfly Hall displays rare butterfly specimens from all over the world for everyone to watch.

Morphoidae are the most beautiful among butterflies, and Helena Morpho, Great Blue Morpho, and Bright Goddess are the best among them.

Of course, the beauty of the Papilionidae family is no less beautiful. This is the Papilionidae, the first of the eight most precious butterflies in the world. It is mainly distributed in my country and is extremely rare. It is known as the "dream butterfly".

[Butterfly dream of 蘧蘧, materialization of life and death]

Their unparalleled beauty in life is preserved in this moment, never to fade away.

Good night, fellow tourists, I wish you a sweet dream with butterflies.

(End of this chapter)