The fireflies exhibition held in Chengdu was questioned by the enthusiast: the exhibition is easy to cause a large number of insects to die

Cover reporter Gou Chun Yang Tao intern Su Xueqing Photography Report

In the summer night, it may not be the moon that lights up the night sky, but the glittering fluorescent light in the forest.

Fireflies are attractive to many people, but fireflies are rare in cities. As a result, many fireflies have emerged.

Qiong Yuyu. Cover reporter Yang Tao Yang Tao

Recently, a colorful field in Chengdu Shengxiang Township is holding a fireflies exhibition, causing many netizens and fireflies to question. From transportation to high temperature exhibitions, tens of thousands of fireflies will die quickly. Where does the fireflies come from? How can fireflies be seen correctly? In this regard, the cover news reporter conducted a visit to investigation.

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On July 8, the reporter came to the Fireflies Camping Festival and saw that the scene was an indoor exhibition hall with about 200 square meters. Visitors visited according to a fixed route. The room is relatively sultry, with railings in the middle, and the fireflies are mostly concentrated in the middle of the venue.

The fireflies in the exhibition hall are suspected of germanun.

Mr. Ren, a staff member, who claims to be a curator, said: "We have this technology (artificially cultivated fireflies), and can hold a fireflies exhibition in Chengdu. It is mainly popular for children to truly see what fireflies are."

Mr. Ren told reporters that they have a firefly training base in Leshan, and the fireflies in the exhibition hall are artificially cultivated. During the exhibition, the fireflies were transported in batches. Considering factors such as life span, Mr. Ren said that there were 50,000 fireflies on the first day of the exhibition, and then 30,000 were increased every day.

The activity party responded to the source of fireflies.

Mr. Ren also said that the fireflies at the cultivation base are not sold to the outside world, and it is difficult to cultivate. "The base used to be a scientific research project to study the cultivation of fireflies, and it is now initial commercialization."

It is understood that in 2021, the Firee family was first included in the "Land of Lu Sheng Wild Animals (Soliciting Opinions) with important ecology, science, and social values ​​in 2021. , Fu's Foundation, Back Flee, Huang Kuanyuan Firefly, Qiongyu Fire, Huang Yuanfu, Lei Family Foundation, Mipu Fire, chest window fluorescence, red breast water fluorescence. In this regard, Mr. Ren said it was unclear.

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Lovers: It is easy to cause a large number of deaths to refuse the fireflies grave

Firefly lover Mr. Yue has been paying attention to the issue of fireflies protection. Before, he received a help from a citizen in Chengdu, hoping that they could resist the suspension of the fireflies exhibition.

Mr. Yue issued a message calling for the suspension of the event.

On July 9, Mr. Yue posted on Weibo that the event did not explain the amount of fireflies, sources and other information, but mentioned in the comment area interaction that it was transported from other places. "In response, we expressed strong resistance, called for the suspension of fireflies exhibitions, and do not seek for the pursuit of economic interests to create fireflies grave. At the same time, the relevant departments of Chengdu called on the management of corporate management and timely stop such business behavior that damaged biological diversity!"

On July 11, the reporter contacted Mr. Yue. For such exhibitions, Mr. Yue said that fireflies are very fragile, and the mature life cycle is relatively short. In the process of arrest, sorting, transportation, etc., it will cause a relatively large -scale fireflies to die. Death will be accelerated due to the differences in temperature and environment. Therefore, this is equivalent to artificially creating a grave of fireflies.

Regarding artificial breeding fireflies, Mr. Yue said that fireflies have higher requirements for the environment, the threshold for artificial breeding is relatively high, and the cost of feeding will also be higher. "Although some teachers or enthusiasts in China are relatively mature, but the scale is relatively mature, but it can take out 50,000 or 100,000 very little." Therefore, he calls the fireflies in the exhibition to the event. Questions about artificial cultivation.

In addition, Mr. Yue introduced that the purchase price of wild fireflies in Jiangxi was 3 cents, and the retail price was sold between 1.5 yuan and 2.5 yuan. "As far as we know, in recent years, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, has continued to provide fireflies to some scenic spots in Sichuan. 10,000 fireflies, the profit is almost 15,000 yuan, capture, acquisition, transportation, and complete one order in about 4 days."

Observation area entrance.

On the evening of July 8, tourists lined up into the museum.

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On July 11, the reporter contacted Zhao Li, the curator of the Huaxi Insect Museum. He said that fireflies should be watching in the wild. "In the past, there were many places to do fireflies exhibitions. Most of them were exhibiting fireflies in the wild. This actually destroyed the field of fireflies in the wild."

In addition, Zhao Li introduced that the fireflies used for display cannot be reproduced. "Fireflies need to be a suitable environment. The viewing environment generally concentrates a lot of fireflies in a small range. Fireflies will produce eggs in a humid place in a humid place. It must provide it with a humid environment, or the waterfront environment. The open exhibition environment must not meet this requirement. "

Zhao Li suggested that you still have to go to nature to appreciate the fireflies. "First of all, the source of fireflies in this artificial environment is doubtful, and even if it is artificially raised, it is also a harm to fireflies. The fireflies that are exhibited artificially, because the method of display itself is also a kind of damage to fireflies, and it is easy to encourage people to catch fireflies in the wild and then exhibit commercialization. "

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