wenzili
05-25-2007, 08:57 PM
2) Bullfighting without Matador
Except for cicada, a special insect known as Long-Horned Beetle was also very popular to us.
In our local dialect, we divided them as four types:
The first one is “cow”, since children in our hometown considered it looked like farming cow.
The adult “cow” is about one and half inches long. Its body is covered by fine and dark brown hair. It has a funny looking head where there are two long gnarled antennae, and a pair of huge dark eye rims. Without eyeball, the eye rims look like wearing a blinder. Closed to the eyes, there are two pieces of inward bending tusks.
Our buddies called the antennae as horns. However, I was always doubtful, since no any cow had such long horns. In my opinion, they looked more like the feather decoration on the warrior’s head in Peking Opera. Even though, I still followed them and called the beetle as “cow”.
“Cow” is a pugnacious creature. It always gestured as a fighting bull by lowering its long horned head. Its sharp tusks also seem to be ready to snap anything.
We liked it but in the mean time scared it too.
Our most popular activity was to have a “bullfight” competition. In “bullring”, their serious looking and fierce fighting always made us laugh to tears.
The second type is known as “buffalo”, which frequently inhabits in the top of a willow and accompanies by cicada.
Its shape and size are similar to “cow”, but has no hair. Its color is shining black with dozen white spots on the elytra, which looks like being sprinkled by white paint.
Comparing to the “cow”, “buffalo” is much tardier and easier to catch.
Sometimes, we managed to reach the top of a tree and picked them up by bare hand.
Once we got some, for safety reason, we had to hold their antennae and tie their necks with threads.
Dislike the “cow”, they seldom fight to each other. Only could we get fun by driving them to fly or taking the herd of them in a portable willow twig.
The third type of the beetles is so-called “calf”.
Calf’s shape is similar to the “buffalo” but much smaller, with a length about 19 centimeters.
Calves always gather on the back of ramie leaves.
Comparing to others, to get them was just a cup of tea. Since the size was too small, we had no way to tie them up and had to put all of them together into an empty inkbottle. Fed a piece of the ramie leaf, they might survive a couple of days.
The fourth one is “red bull”. Its shape looks like the “buffalo” too, except for its red neck, just like wearing a red scarf.
Besides, it has a strong and terrible smell, which makes people sick. Therefore, no one dare to touch it.
Usually, it can be found in peach twig.
Without natural enemy, it always has its good time to enjoy itself among the luscious fruits.
Note: For picture reference pls. Link to:
http://www.quanjing.com/Creative/frameset.aspx?q=0|1|%u5929牛科||20|0|2|
http://freebsd.tspes.tpc.edu.tw/~afu/770.htm#細天牛族
Except for cicada, a special insect known as Long-Horned Beetle was also very popular to us.
In our local dialect, we divided them as four types:
The first one is “cow”, since children in our hometown considered it looked like farming cow.
The adult “cow” is about one and half inches long. Its body is covered by fine and dark brown hair. It has a funny looking head where there are two long gnarled antennae, and a pair of huge dark eye rims. Without eyeball, the eye rims look like wearing a blinder. Closed to the eyes, there are two pieces of inward bending tusks.
Our buddies called the antennae as horns. However, I was always doubtful, since no any cow had such long horns. In my opinion, they looked more like the feather decoration on the warrior’s head in Peking Opera. Even though, I still followed them and called the beetle as “cow”.
“Cow” is a pugnacious creature. It always gestured as a fighting bull by lowering its long horned head. Its sharp tusks also seem to be ready to snap anything.
We liked it but in the mean time scared it too.
Our most popular activity was to have a “bullfight” competition. In “bullring”, their serious looking and fierce fighting always made us laugh to tears.
The second type is known as “buffalo”, which frequently inhabits in the top of a willow and accompanies by cicada.
Its shape and size are similar to “cow”, but has no hair. Its color is shining black with dozen white spots on the elytra, which looks like being sprinkled by white paint.
Comparing to the “cow”, “buffalo” is much tardier and easier to catch.
Sometimes, we managed to reach the top of a tree and picked them up by bare hand.
Once we got some, for safety reason, we had to hold their antennae and tie their necks with threads.
Dislike the “cow”, they seldom fight to each other. Only could we get fun by driving them to fly or taking the herd of them in a portable willow twig.
The third type of the beetles is so-called “calf”.
Calf’s shape is similar to the “buffalo” but much smaller, with a length about 19 centimeters.
Calves always gather on the back of ramie leaves.
Comparing to others, to get them was just a cup of tea. Since the size was too small, we had no way to tie them up and had to put all of them together into an empty inkbottle. Fed a piece of the ramie leaf, they might survive a couple of days.
The fourth one is “red bull”. Its shape looks like the “buffalo” too, except for its red neck, just like wearing a red scarf.
Besides, it has a strong and terrible smell, which makes people sick. Therefore, no one dare to touch it.
Usually, it can be found in peach twig.
Without natural enemy, it always has its good time to enjoy itself among the luscious fruits.
Note: For picture reference pls. Link to:
http://www.quanjing.com/Creative/frameset.aspx?q=0|1|%u5929牛科||20|0|2|
http://freebsd.tspes.tpc.edu.tw/~afu/770.htm#細天牛族