Sichuan found the country's second-level protection of animals, color arm golden turtle

On September 14, reporters learned from the Huaxi Insect Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, that Zhao Li, the museum's director, on the 7th obtained a rare and strange green-armed golden turtle, which was found by a netizen on the same day in the trees of his own unit in the town of Jingyan, Pingwu County, Mianyang City. At present, this is the second time that the species has been found in Sichuan, which is of great research value.
" in 2017, the Qinling area was found three times, namely in Gansu, Shaanxi and Beichuan, Sichuan Province, this time just a few dozen kilometers from the site of the last sichuan discovery, proving that the species has a population distribution in the region. Zhao Li said.-armed golden turtle (learned: Cheirotonus gestroi), arthropods, insects, winged eyes, golden turtle, arm-golden turtle Yako, color arm golden turtle genus. Zhao Li introduced, this grid color arm golden turtle body length 5. 2 cm, body width 2. 9 cm, the body is oval, the head and chest is dark green, there is a metallic luster, and some dents, looks like the surface of the bronzer.
data show that the State Forestry Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture in 1988 in the "People's Republic of China Wildlife Protection Law", the green arm golden turtle as the state's secondary protection of animals, the State Forestry Administration in 2000 as the state protection of useful or important economic and scientific research value of land-based wildlife.
" color arm golden turtle lives in a well-vegged mountainous area, the larvae feed on decaying wood, the growth of about a year. Then it will melt, and then after more than half a year, it will become a worm. Zhao Li said that the insects eat the juice flowing out of the tree and feed the fruit in the feed.
is the life span of a gold turtle with a colored arm? Zhao Li is not quite clear about the life of the insect, he will later breed this colored arm golden turtle, to observe the life and habits of the insect. "It is estimated that the entire life cycle of the species is more than two years."
" in addition, the species was found in the southern tropical region of China, in recent years around Qinling, which also confirms global warming. Zhao Li believes that the middle interval of the vast area has not been found, is a very strange phenomenon.insects have evolved to be sensitive to light in order to navigate through the eternal moonlight, but the light created by humans has completely lost their way.
It is understood that the color arm of the golden turtle genus is currently recorded 10 species, the domestic record 7 species, because the species is strange form, colorful, favored by insect lovers, but also triggered illegal elements of wild light trap, the population is greatly threatened, the number of sharp decline. Therefore, the genus insects are classified as national secondary protection insects.
" the discovery of this beetle is a very good ecological environment of the dense jungle, its appearance is a sign of the local natural environment protection. Zhao Li said that, in contrast to the body shape, the body shape of the gold turtle is smaller than the yang color arm gold turtle. The general body length of the golden turtle of the yang color arm can reach 7 cm, while the body length of the gold turtle of the color arm can be only more than 5 cm.
In addition, the difference between the patterns on the back is most obvious, the yang color arm gold turtle back is brown without spots or only in front of the left and right each has an orange spot, and the plaid arm gold turtle's entire wing has orange spots. Through the pictures provided by Zhao Li, you can see that its wings appear to be wearing a hard armor, the body from time to time flashing cold light.
" plaque arm golden turtle brown back shell with orange or gold spots on it, looks very beautiful. 'Insects all have exoskeletons, which protect organs in the body, and beetles have very hard exoskeleton, ' Zhao said.
reporter learned that the front foot of the gold turtle is very long, like a curved branch, more than the length of the body, if straighttened is estimated to be nearly ten centimeters.
the golden turtle born with big long legs? Why is it so long? Zhao Li analysis, this is mainly related to courtship, females often hide in deeper tree holes, males will find later with a long front foot into the tree hole to dial the female. When a female climbs out of a tree hole, it immediately holds the female with its long front feet.