Golden Fishing Village

Dytiscidae, commonly known as water turtles, also known as water turtles, water turtles, urine-shooting turtles, black turtle beans, etc., are aquatic insects with more than 4,000 species worldwide. They have a very diverse diet, eating everything from insects to fish larger than themselves.

There are also many kinds of Dytiscidae in China. Among them, the local Dytiscidae in Hongyang is called Huangxing Dytiscidae. It is a medicinal and edible insect with a unique flavor and rich nutrition. It is a local dish.

Dytiscidae, as an insect, looks a bit disgusting, but in fact, it is very edible. There is a local proverb in Hongyang: "Big black dog on the ground, monkeys climbing on trees, and black turtle beans in the water." This proverb refers to three delicacies, cicada monkeys, black dog meat, and Dytiscidae, commonly known as black turtle beans.

Hearing that Ao Xiaomi and his group of teenagers were catching Dytiscidae, Ao Muyang was excited and asked, "Oh, are there Dytiscidae on the lake? Are there many?"

Dytiscidae can swim and fly well. They live in freshwater areas such as ponds, swamps, and ditches with a lot of aquatic plants. They are not strict about water quality. When he was young, Ao Muyang often went to catch water leeches. This thing tastes delicious and can be fried, pan-fried or roasted. After being seasoned with five spices and roasted, it is crispy and delicious, and can be called a delicacy.

As he caught it, he found that this thing was very rare. Ao Muyang was still looking for it on the lake two years ago, but he didn't find many, which made him feel very regretful.

Not only is water leeches rare in Longxian Lake now, but there are no such aquatic insects in the natural waters of the entire Hongyang, so they have to be artificially bred.

The water leeches sold on the market now are all artificially bred and eat feed such as corn flour, rice bran, and wheat bran. However, water leeches are carnivorous under natural conditions. They grow fast by eating feed, but the protein content is low and the taste is bad.

Occasionally, there are farms that pay attention to feeding cheap broken fruits, broken apple snails or pig, chicken, cow, and duck scraps. The water leeches raised in this way taste better than those raised by feeding, and they often have a fixed source of customers. They don't need to enter the market and can be sold out by retail.

Knowing that there are many water lice in the lake now, Ao Muyang rowed a boat with a bottle to look for them.

Rowing into the water grass by the lake, he took a look and saw several big black bugs running among the water grass. These bugs are like beetles, but they are black in appearance. From a bird's-eye view, they look like big watermelon seeds, but with a small yellow dot on the top of their heads. This is the local water lice species in Hongyang, the yellow star water lice.

Speaking of which, water lice look a bit disgusting, but they taste delicious. In this magical land of China, whether a creature is endangered or rampant depends on whether it can be eaten, not on how it looks.

Speaking of which, water lice have a strong reproductive capacity, and they are also strong in combat. Water lice larvae even have the same nickname as piranhas, water tigers.

As a result, no matter what, when people know that it is nutritious and delicious, this population has become dangerous.

Dysalis are not only delicious, but also have medical effects. Modern medical research shows that it can enhance the body's adaptability to exercise load and has good anti-fatigue function. In famous Chinese medical books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Luchuan Materia Medica", they believe that Dysalis belongs to the kidney meridian and can nourish the kidney, reduce urine, and promote blood circulation.

Nourish the kidney, promote blood circulation...

Anything with these two words, that tribe will never proliferate!

Ao Muyang didn't notice it before, but there were indeed a lot of Dysalis in Longxian Lake this year. I don't know if it is related to people releasing them. Maybe someone released Dysalis here.

In short, he immediately seized the opportunity to take action. Although there were many Dysalis in the grass, they would disappear soon once the news spread.

The teenagers also knew this. They swam in the water and carefully searched for water lice. I don't know who was still singing happily: "String your heart and my heart together, string a string of lucky bugs, string a concentric circle, let all the calls for the future, be a companion during youth..."

Water lice are delicious, but not easy to catch. They are known as the king of rowing boats in nature. As one of the few aquatic beetles, the hind legs of water lice have evolved like oars, flat and covered with long hair, so that they can swim quickly in the water.

In addition, their bodies are oval, and the black shell is very smooth, which minimizes the resistance of flight. They can fly up and swim down, and are good at air and water battles.

But if they fall on the ground, they will not work, so it is best to attract water lice to land.

There is a simple way to catch water lice on the ground, and it is this method that makes water lice increasingly rare. Like most aquatic insects and fish, water lice have a strong tendency to light.

In this way, during the day, you can find a place with many water beetles in the lake or river, and hang a flashlight by the lake or river at night. In less than two hours, you can catch all the water beetles around.

Some villagers have already discovered that there are many water beetles in the lake. Instead of catching them, they happily went back to get the lights and prepared to take action at night.

Ao Muyang went to catch them by himself, which was quite difficult. Whether water beetles are flying or gliding on the water surface, they are very fast at this time. You have to catch them when they stop.

But they are very good at camouflage. Once they stop, they will hide behind the grass leaves or drill into the sand by the lake. They will only come out when they find prey.

Ao Xiaomi had been catching them for a while, but the mineral water bottle on his waist was still empty, which shows how difficult it is to catch them.

Ao Muyang's actions were faster than theirs. He rowed into the water grass, and then saw water beetles hiding behind the water grass leaves. He immediately waved his hand to catch the water beetles.

But water beetles will not sit still and wait for death. If the boat pushes the water plants and makes any movement, they will immediately run away, and it is even more difficult to catch the flying water beetles.

Ao Muyang worked very carefully and caught it for more than ten minutes, but he only caught five water lice. This harvest made him very helpless.

The two little marmosets hiding in his pocket popped their heads out. They looked for a while, and then crawled out one after another.

Pants Pocket jumped onto a cattail. The cattail grass next to it had thick rhizomes. A water lice was clinging on it, waiting for food to come.

Taking advantage of the water lice's unpreparedness, Pants Pocket jumped up in a flash. It grabbed the rhizomes of the cattail with its forelimbs and clamped the water lice with its left foot.

After catching the water lice, it was like Tarzan, pulling the water grass with both hands and jumping. It soon returned to Ao Muyang's side, letting go of its left foot and placing a water lice in front of him.

Ao Muyang was overjoyed and immediately rewarded it with a little gold drop: "Okay, Pocket, you can do it!"

The little marmoset ate the gold drop and jumped around, then attacked again. This time, Pocket also caught a water louse and came back with it. It jumped proudly on Ao Muyang's legs.

The two little marmosets are good at catching water louse. They are considered the natural enemies of water louse, because golden lion tamarins in nature like to eat insects, and they often shuttle through the woods to catch insects.