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After lunch, everyone began to explore the valley and study the differences between the species in the valley, and after about a quarter of an hour, Professor Wu was the first to make a discovery.

Hearing that Professor Wu had made a discovery, the experts immediately ran over.

"Huh......? This looks like a shell!!"

"No, this is not a shell, this is a unicorn!"

"Unicorn Fairy? How is it possible, isn't there no one-horned fairy in Guizhou Province?"

"Haha, it wasn't before, isn't it now??"

The first time the unicorn was found in Guizhou Province, the experts were very excited, carefully captured it into a special vessel, and then everyone continued to search for it in the nearby woods.

The one-horned fairy, also known as the double-pronged rhinoceros beetle, is an insect of the family Scarabidae, the genus Forked Rhinoceros beetle, named because the male has a well-developed head horn. It is distributed in the eastern part of Jihuaxia, island countries, Taiguo and other places, and lives in forests.

The larvae feed on humus formed by humus soil or rotten wood, and adults also feed on sap from tree wounds or ripe fruits. The life cycle is about one year. It is often kept as a pet.

The head of the one-horned fairy has a single horn, which is shaped like a deer antler, so it is called a one-horned fairy.

Its body length is about 30-50 mm (excluding the frontal horns), the body width is 20-30 mm, the body is oblong-oval, the back of the body surface is smooth or slightly hairy, and the ventral surface is hairy. Body color varies greatly from dark red to reddish-brown to pure black, and sometimes the cephalothorax and elytra of the same body will also be different.

Unicorn is mostly inhabited in evergreen or deciduous broad-leaved forests, because the larvae rely on the humus formed by the understory or the humus formed by the rotten wood for food, so the requirements for the native nature of the forest are high, especially the shell bucket family, such as Quercus glauca. In addition, the larvae also live in decaying grass piles, wood chip piles in lumber mills, wood chip medium in mushroom farms.

Its larvae live inside humus or wood chips and generally do not expose themselves to the outside. Because the valve is open, it is necessary to live in a humid environment, otherwise it is easy to die due to rapid loss of water in the body.

The optimal temperature of larvae is 23-25 °C, at this temperature they feed most actively, and their growth is the best; although they can tolerate high temperatures of 30 °C, they will adversely affect their growth; below 20 °C, they will eat less and grow slowly; they will enter a dormant state below 10 °C, and they will lose their weight if they do not eat; they can tolerate low temperatures of about 0 °C for a short time, but below -2 °C will cause death.

The larval natural enemies are mainly digging predators such as moles and badgers, as well as carnivorous larvae such as percussion bees and soil wasps, which are also easily parasitic and die by fungi.

The natural enemies of adult insects are mainly crows, raccoon dogs, wild boars and other information carnivores or omnivores in the forest. A large number of mites are often attached to the body surface, but they are generally not life-threatening.

"It's really weird!!Isn't the unicorn fairy only available in June and July?How can it be found in winter!!"

When everyone found a few unicorns in the grove in the valley, many experts were surprised, knowing that as long as it is autumn in October, the unicorn fairy will die completely.

"It is probably related to the unique climate in the valley!" Professor Zhou reminded everyone with a smile.

"Yes, there are hot springs here!!" the experts, who were puzzled just now, suddenly realized.

Due to the presence of hot springs in the valley, the temperature here is maintained at around 20 degrees Celsius all year round, which is perfect for the growth of unicorns, and it is no wonder that they can be found in winter.

Seeing that the experts caught a few shells were happy, and several members of the mountain patrol team were puzzled.

"Professor Zhou, isn't this a cow worm? Why are you so excited?"

Cow feces insect is the local name of Qingshan for the feces shell lang, when I was a child, everyone would get together after the meeting of herding cattle, pee and fill the cow feces worm, every time you can pour a cow worm, everyone is happy, just like getting a fun toy is happy.

"Hehe, this thing is not a cow worm, this is a unicorn fairy, he is not the same as a cow worm......"

Then Professor Zhou patiently explained to everyone the difference between the unicorn fairy and the shell lang.

To put it simply, they are the most powerful insects, with two 'pincers' on their heads, and they use their powerful hind legs to carry feces and make food for themselves or their offspring.

The unicorn fairy is a beautiful beetle with a long, forked horn on the front of its head that feeds on the sap of trees or fruits.

Therefore, you can see the difference between them just by looking at the appearance.

"Huh!!"

"Yes, cow poop worms do have two horns!"

"No, there are only one horns, right?"

Several members of the mountain patrol team quarreled again, arguing about how many horns the shell lang had.

"Haha, don't fight, there are two horns of the shell lang!And there are not only two kinds of shell langs, there are more than 2,300 kinds of them in the world, and we alone have more than one Huaxia to count!!"

Seeing that everyone's argument was so lively, as an expert in insect research, Professor Wu hurriedly explained with a smile.

"Ah! there are so many kinds of shells?" Zhang Feng was also devastated, never thought that such an inconspicuous little thing as the shell lang would be divided into so many types.

"Of course!!" Professor Wu nodded slightly.

Then Zhang Feng checked the information of the unicorn fairy.

After seeing it, Zhang Feng's whole person was stunned, according to the Internet, there are some unique unicorn fairies, one can be bought for hundreds of thousands, and the most ordinary ones can be sold for dozens or hundreds of yuan, it is really too terrifying, too crazy, in Zhang Feng's opinion, isn't this just a beetle? How can it be bought for so much money?

But then Zhang Feng saw a piece of news that listed the most expensive animals in the world, including a beetle similar to the unicorn fairy, which ranked sixth with 89,000 meters.

This is 89,000 meters, not 89,000 moon shields!!

Zhang Feng roughly calculated, 89,000 meters of yuan converted into RMB, that is, 600,000 yuan.

Now Zhang Feng found out that there are many rich people in the world, and someone can buy hundreds of thousands of beetles.

Knowing that the beetle is so valuable, Zhang Feng is a little nervous, and wants to catch a few to sell.

It's a pity that it's just a thought.

Because take the unicorn fairy as an example, this thing is a three-dimensional animal, catch a few more and estimate that the police will come to the door to check the water meter!

Take a deep breath to calm yourself down, and after a while, Zhang Feng shook his head with a wry smile, he didn't expect that even he would be affected, it seems that the ancients said that good wealth is moving!

Later, experts found a lot of precious insects in the valley, including not only beetles, but also several rare butterflies.

And Zhang Feng's favorite is one of the butterflies called dead leaf butterflies, they are very good at camouflage and hide themselves, as long as they hide in the fallen leaves, completely blended with the environment, or carefully observed, it is impossible to find them.