64. Crazy invasive species (7)

"Next, everyone must keep their eyes open, recognize it clearly, be careful, and don't be bitten by it," Tang Qinqin repeatedly advised: "Let's all wear long pants, tie up the trouser legs, and try to make the shoes thicker." ”

"Qinqin, you can rest assured. You've said it all here, if anyone disobeys and suffers, he can only blame himself for deserving it. Yang Qing said with a smile, "Although the target to be faced this time looks inconspicuous, it is a battle ant among ants, and it hurts to bite." Whoever wants to try it, then we won't stop it. ”

The goal of this game's mission is the infamous red fire ant. Don't underestimate it, its foreign name means "invincible" ant, and it is named because it is difficult to control.

It is also widely distributed and is one of the most destructive invasive species.

Red fire ants feed on the roots, seeds, fruits, etc. of a variety of crops, resulting in a decrease in yield; damage to irrigation, electricity, communications, etc.; Harassment of livestock, causing serious damage to agriculture, public facilities and ecological balance. It also seriously threatens the survival of wild animals and plants, attacks the eggs of sea turtles and birds, and destroys biodiversity.

As for the anaphylactic shock caused by its bite, there are countless cases of serious loss of life.

At present, the methods of controlling red fire ants are generally biological nemesis control, technical control and pesticide control.

However, many people tend to confuse red fire ants with red ants. When some people see red ants, they think they are red fire ants, causing unnecessary panic.

Individual ants are small and not easily recognizable, especially if they are non-professionals.

It is said on the Internet that there is an easiest way to identify it, which is to look at the nest of red fire ants.

Most of the ants we usually see are low-key ants, and they will not pile up the soil taken out when digging their nests at the door of their homes, but send them far away. But the red fire ants are very arrogant, and they pile the excavated earth at the door, forming a high bag of dirt.

Mature red fire ant nests are mound-shaped on the outside and honeycomb-shaped on the inside. Observe the ants in its vicinity, the red fire ant is very aggressive and will quickly come out of the nest to attack intruders when disturbed. By looking at the color, it looks like a bright brownish-red ant in the sun, and nine times out of ten it is a red fire ant.

It can also be judged by observing the ventral stem knot and the presence of chelae in the tail.

The chela needle is the most dangerous place for red fire ants, hiding venom.

"Let's capture the thief first, capture the king first, destroy his lair first, and the rest will not be very successful," the old wine tightened his trouser legs, eager to try.

"Lao Tie, are you going to hit the door with your bare hands?" Lao Tian on the side quipped: "Haven't you heard that ants bite elephants to death, no matter how big your fist is, it can't hold up its large number, not to mention that there are stingers, and then!" ”

Lao Jiu took the tool that Lao Tian threw over, a plastic bucket.

"Old wine, come here, let's cooperate with the two brothers." Tian Yuanzhi carried a shovel and walked to the grass next to him.

Good fellow, before he got to the front, he saw several tall dirt bags in the grass in the distance, and he could see that this was a large family of red fire ants.

The two chose a nest that was far away from the other nests to start with, and it is said that a warrior had tried to destroy the nest of red fire ants before, but unfortunately they were attacked by their swarm.

The duo, who didn't want to try the stinger love, carefully avoided the ant colony that was busy on the ground, and found the most suitable place to start.

"The world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, hey!" Lao Tian gestured for a while, and suddenly came towards the root of the ant nest.

The old wine on the side had a twitching expression, but he quickly handed over the plastic bucket to complete the "handover" work.

A large number of ants quickly poured out of the nest fracture like a tidal wave, trying to fight the "invaders", and the players felt numb in their scalps.

Lao Tian and Lao Jiu quickly retreated to a safe place, and Song Yuanze took the plastic bucket and poured it into the factory equipment warehouse that Tang Qinqin had put in as soon as possible.

"What about these?" Tang Qinqin pointed to the army of red fire ants scattered on the ground, which was terrifying.

Allowing them to run around will not only pose a threat to their safety, but will also affect the progress of the next mission, and will also bring unpredictable damage to more places.

Suddenly feeling a little itchy in the palm of his right hand, Tang Qinqin lowered his head and lifted the obsidian from the accompanying space.

The black, shiny, round, egg-sized spider hanging upside down from spider silk was boredom flicking its long legs.

If you don't look closely, you thought it was a black crab.

"What, are you going to try it?" Tang Qinqin gently poked the obsidian's belly covered with fine hairs.

There was an outcry from the eight-legged one.

Tang Qinqin walked to a place where red fire ants were scarce and put the obsidian down.

"You go for it, but be safe, it has a stinger, and it's good at group combat."

As soon as the black spider landed, it quickly crawled towards the lone red fire ants beside it, destroying them with great speed, and then took a long step to get close to the dense ant colony, and kept pushing their defense line back again and again.

Absolute strength crushing, dimensionality reduction strike.

"Hey, yes, girl! Well done! Lao Tian and the others stared at the obsidian with relish.

"I'll try it too." Ah Fei said, a palm-sized ant with a black body appeared in the palm of his hand, and a pair of transparent wings as thin as cicada wings on the ant's back were trembling gently.

"Hey, are you playing righteous to kill your relatives? I think it's okay, come on, let's see what it's capable of. Lao Tian's eyes lit up when he saw the majestic and handsome black ants, and he hurriedly came over again.

"I'll do it too." Changfeng stepped forward with his companion pet, and a beautiful leopard-print Shougong with a small arm was lying quietly on his shoulder.

"As it evolved, it had more to eat on its diet, and ants and insects were pretty much it." He saw some players with puzzled looks on his face and explained.

"Awesome!"

For a time, the dense red fire ant colony spread all over the ground was forced to disperse, and each scattered ant colony automatically formed an ant ball when they saw that the situation was wrong, and confronted the "opponent" they had never seen before - ants the size of a human palm, a spider the size of an egg, a lizard with small arms, and a majestic rooster......

"Haha, happy." Seeing that the ant colonies that had just become so numerous became more and more scarce and collapsed, the players breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then everyone acts in groups, and there is no limit to the number of people, but we must pay attention to safety, cooperate well with each other, and tell each other if there is a situation."

Song Yuanze, Dong Mingzhe, Peng Lei and several others made a decision after deliberation.

The players spread out, each looking for their partner.

"Qin, let's go." Lan Lan couldn't wait to urge, and she didn't look scared.

"Okay, I'll cooperate with Mengru in a while, or?"

"Come on, I'll cooperate with Mengru, and you will be responsible for controlling the scattered ant colony at that time," Lan Lan said. She had just seen Obsidian's bravery and thought it would be the best arrangement.

"Well, I'll cooperate with Lan Lan, Qinqin, and I'll leave the rest to you." Mengru has no objection to this arrangement.

The three of them are worthy of being best friends for many years, the tacit understanding is very mature, and the cooperation is very smooth.

Obsidian was probably full, changed his strategy, and easily circled the ant nest with the spider silk he spit out, and when Mengru flattened the protruding soil bag, it quickly pulled up the net, and surrounded the broken part of the ant nest tightly, like an inverted semicircular cocoon, but not a single red fire ant ran out.

Feeling threatened, the red fire ant worker ants poured out in large numbers, and after touching the cobweb, they were tightly adhered to it, struggling to move, and the originally loose cobwebs were constantly filled, squeezed, and expanded, like blowing up a balloon, forming a bulging ball.

"Yikes!" Lan Lan was startled and hid behind Mengru, she had never liked all kinds of popping sounds, especially the sound of popping balloons.

Don't ask, it's scary to ask.

Tang Qinqin was also a little nervous, although he knew that the spider silk of his small stone was no longer an ordinary thing, and the texture was very hard and flexible, but he was not very sure about the scene in front of him, so he hurriedly asked Lan Lan and Mengru to stay away.