Summer comes, Americans go crazy again with cicadas sweeping everywhere. Although they do not cause damage to crops like locusts and grasshoppers, their cries are extremely scary. Seeing a good opportunity, Asians in the US began to promote many dishes from cicadas, from fried, traditional grilled to pizza, stir fried, cooked with sauce.. At first, they were hesitant, but after enjoying the deliciousness of cicadas, Americans began to learn how to make many different dishes from cicadas themselves. Recently, a famous pizza restaurant in Ohio has launched a spicy Thai cicada pizza. After launching the test version, the number of customers responding is not small, those who have tasted it say that the cicada pizza is very delicious. Since then, many variations with cicada pizza have been expanded, giving customers more choices. Most people think that although it looks terrible, cicadas eat very well. Cicada pupae are more common than cicadas. Americans use onions, peas, peppers, garlic, lemons and the like to make salads with cicada pupae or stir-fries together. A rich, aromatic cicada sauce created by Americans. Pictured is a traditional Mexican tortilla with fried cicadas. Those who have tasted it say that it is more delicious than regular cakes. The main reason is because fried cicadas are very crispy and high in protein, so they have a delicious taste. Americans are now starting to add cicadas to many of the dishes they normally eat. Fried cicadas sandwiched in burgers is a typical example. Some more sophisticated people also make a delicious cicada sauce, which is to mix mashed potatoes, butter with salt and pepper, squeeze a little lemon on top, sauté red onion, jalapeno, garlic, and finally serve with tick sorrow and eat together. Many main dishes are decorated with cicadas on top, and even cicadas are wrapped in chocolate to make cicada chocolate and other desserts. However, experts from the US Food and Drug Administration recently warned Americans addicted to cicadas that it is best not to follow the cicada eating trend if they are allergic to seafood. . That’s because cicadas are close relatives of lobsters and shrimp. Invite readers to watch the video: Strange dishes of Vinh Phuc people

The sugarcane beetle species mainly include the black scarab, the brown beetle and the large brown hairy beetle, which often arise and cause strong damage in sandy soil, riverbank soil, soil with light mechanical composition, or on specialized cultivation areas, growing sugarcane for many years, not rotating crops with other crops. NASU technicians check for insects entering the lamp trap. Photo: NASU. The life cycle of these beetles lasts from 365 to 720 days, going through 4 stages: egg, larva (worm), pupa and adult. Over the years, Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited (NASU) has researched and applied integrated measures to effectively manage sugarcane beetles in the company’s raw sugarcane areas. This is the result that NASU has studied the management of sugarcane beetles in many countries such as China, Thailand, Indonesia… to apply on NASU’s sugarcane material area. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Son Phong, engineer of NASU said that sugarcane field was damaged by beetle larvae, yield decreased by 13-54%, sugar decreased from 11-57%. The original cane is more severely damaged by beetles than silk cane. Larvae (larvae) hatch from eggs, live in the soil for an average of 240 – 480 days (larvae of the brown hairy beetle are larger, longer than the beetle species) before transitioning to the pupa and adult stage. During the development cycle, larvae are active in the ground, age 1 and 2 in addition to eating cane roots, also eat organic matter, humus, decayed organic fertilizer or bagasse. Light traps are quite simple but effective in killing beetles applied in the cane material area of ​​NASU. Photo: NASU. From the end of the age of 2, the larvae only feed on the roots and underground stems of sugarcane. The 3-year-old larvae have a long sexual development time and cause the most damage to sugarcane, making sugarcane unable to grow, withering, drying and dying, leading to a decrease in sugarcane and sugar yield. The more damage the harvest stage, the more obvious. When the 3-year-old larvae are full, they begin to build cocoons out of soil and pupate to stay in the cocoon. If the weather conditions are favorable, after about 20 days, the pupae will turn into an adult, break the cocoon and crawl to the ground. Unfavorable weather conditions, especially low soil moisture and low temperature, will prolong the pupal development time. This extended period, called the hibernation period, can last up to 4 months. Effective management of beetles According to the research as well as the process applied effectively at NASU, control beetle larvae by plowing the soil thoroughly before planting sugarcane, collecting larvae and spreading the granular insecticide Patox 4GR, with the amount of 40 kg/ha in rows when planting sugarcane. Beetles trapped in nets. Photo: NASU. However, the method of spraying granular pesticides into the soil, in addition to killing larvae, will destroy beneficial microorganisms and insects in the soil, affecting the soil environment. The adults of these sugarcane beetles tend to be strong with light, fly out to mate from March to May, after showers with an amount of over 20mm. This is the best time to kill adults, limit egg laying, and reduce later harm caused by larvae. Mr. Hoang Quoc Tiem, a long-time sugarcane grower in Dua village, Nghia Yen commune (Nghia Dan, Nghe An) said that in the spring crop of 2021, in addition to killing larvae when growing sugarcane, NASU has implemented additional measures to destroy them. maturity such as using lamp traps, casting nets, and making traps in the field. The light trap is designed to be able to install light bulbs from the grid, battery lights or solar power systems. Traps are made by taking advantage of plastic containers, above are lights, below are placed water, add diesel oil to prevent the adults from moving out of the trap. In the middle of the light trap, install 2 corrugated iron sheets of size 40 cm x 60 cm, perpendicular to each other. As adults, beetles are attracted to light, flying into traps will collide with corrugated iron and fall into the water. After the rainy nights of early summer, each light trap catches 250-300 brown beetle adults, 40-50 black beetle adults, and 20-30 large brown-haired clipping adults and lots of adults of other sugarcane borers. The “product” obtained after a night of light traps includes many different species of beetles and borers… Photo: NASU. In addition, on the field, a fishing net is installed, the size of the net is 1cm x 1cm, and the adults move hundreds of fish of all kinds after every night it rains. In the sugarcane field, from 50 – 100m, dig pit traps, measuring 30 cm deep x 60 cm long x 60 cm wide, below the manure and by-products, which are the preferred food of adults, mixed with drugs. Low-odor insecticide is Goldra so that when adults eat it, it will be destroyed. According to the research results of scientists, the female beetle species can lay an average of 229-328 eggs, the lowest hatching rate from eggs to larvae is 70%. With the method of killing adults from light traps and netting in the field, it will limit a lot of harm caused by larvae to sugarcane … Mr. Phan Van Toan, Director of Agricultural Extension of Nghe An Sugar Co., Ltd. said that with the above management method, the rate of damage of beetles on both silk and sugarcane fields is reduced. This is the money for the company to expand the model on the raw material area in the coming years to stabilize the material area and improve production efficiency for farmers.

And when you come to the sunny and windy land of the Central Highlands, do not miss the opportunity to discover the name that sounds scary but shows the cultural identity here, which is the deep pupa. Illustration At the beginning of summer, when the rains begin to fall, the Central Highlands region eagerly awaits this food. The caterpillars clinging to green leaves in the upland fields are considered an attractive specialty, they are processed into many unique dishes by the people here. Illustration This type of worm has a dark green color, a smooth stem that often clings to the leaves of the cassava plant. When the large round worms gradually pull the cocoons into pupae, it is also time for people to catch them to enjoy their unique flavor. It is not difficult to harvest deep pupae, just bring a plastic bag or bamboo mat and shake the branches, the worms will fall, sometimes full again. Illustration In the Central Highlands, people enjoy this dish in three ways: stir-fried, boiled and eaten raw. Those who like the thrill of biting into their round, plump pupa with their fleshy, greasy taste will often eat them raw. More sophisticated, then lightly fried and then sautéed with fish sauce and spices to add a different fatty crunch. Boiled deep pupa creates a highlight with a sweet, fatty and attractive taste. Illustration Illustration Although the pupa is rustic, it is loved by many diners. Even city people are not afraid to buy this highland specialty with the price 2-3 times more expensive than usual. Illustration Each year, the season of deep pupa appears very short, so whenever there is an opportunity, the Central Highlands people take advantage of this delicious and unique flavor. Gradually, the dish has become part of the culinary culture here.

Mr. Le Minh Hieu introduced the breeding model of black soldier fly. Mr. Le Minh Hieu said that 3 years ago he went on a business trip to An Giang province and knew about the black soldier fly breeding model. However, the models he visited were all models of dry farming with peat, waste and cow dung. With that way of raising, he saw many inappropriate points. Therefore, when he returned home, he researched and learned more about the characteristics and habitat of the black soldier fly larvae. After a period of research, Mr. Hieu has experimented with black soldier flies in a microbial culture mixture, with the principle of using microorganisms to treat odors, and overcome harmful bacteria to create beneficial bacteria. beneficial environment. Mr. Hieu used probiotics in combination with molasses and clean water and allowed newly hatched black soldier fly larvae to live in this environment. At first, Mr. Hieu had to buy black soldier fly eggs from hatcheries from An Giang province, but now he knows how to breed himself without having to buy outside. Currently, Mr. Hieu’s black soldier fly farm has an area of ​​about 200 m2, with each raising of about 1 gram of eggs, 300 kg of commercial larvae will be produced within 12 days. Mr. Hieu further shared, the life cycle of black soldier flies lasts more than 1 month, starting from eggs, larvae, pupae, and finally molting into black soldier flies. Adults live about 3-5 days, do not eat, live in the shade of trees. Black soldier fly larvae produce a substance that is detrimental to the laying and hatching of flies and other insects, making them an environmentally beneficial livestock and a very good food for humans. livestock and poultry. Nutritional composition in black soldier fly larvae before pupal stage is 43 – 51% protein, 15 – 18% fat, 2.8 – 6.2% calcium, 1 – 1.2% phosphorus, enough nutrients Nutrient for animal feed such as pigs, chickens, ducks…, and is the best live food for raising ducks, chickens, fish, shrimps, crabs… Fly larvae can be concentrated, dried and mixed with other substances. other nutrients as feed to completely replace fishmeal in the production of animal and aqua feeds. Mr. Le Minh Hieu uses commercial black soldier fly larvae as chicken feed to replace feed from industrial bran. Currently, with a culture of 300 kg of black soldier fly larvae / 12 days, with a mixture of hydrolysis of black soldier fly larvae, fish hydrolysis plus bean residue and micro-organisms, Mr. Hieu can completely replace the feed. industrial feed for 1,400 ducks, 400 chickens and hundreds of fish of all kinds being raised on the family farm. With this mix of feed, Mr. Hieu calculated less than 3,000 VND/kg of feed, over 50% cheaper than the current cost of 1 kg of industrial bran. Mr. Hieu compares, with about 1,000 ducks raised commercially, with the current price of industrial bran, farmers spend about 80 million dong of industrial bran for ducks from raising to slaughter. As for this method of raising from hydrolyzed black soldier fly larvae, it only costs about 35 million VND in food costs. “With this method of feeding from black soldier fly larvae, animals grow very quickly due to the high nutritional content of the feed, and the risk of disease is also significantly reduced. Therefore, it is very cost-effective in raising livestock and improving the quality of livestock”, Mr. Hieu added. According to the Agricultural Extension Center of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, the use of insects in livestock production is very popular in the world. Black soldier flies are recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as the preferred insect species for waste treatment and use of protein content as an alternative to food for some livestock. Mr. Hieu’s model of raising black soldier flies is a relatively new and very successful model in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

Butterflies stubble After days of patiently hiding in the cocoon, waiting for the first rain of the season to pour down and the warm, moist soil to invite, the caterpillar pupae will immediately move to break the cocoon out, spreading their wings to fly as far as the eye can see. Along the road, perched tightly beside small puddles of water still standing on the low ground, swaying beside bunches of wildflowers by the lake… “Butterflies often gather in very large flocks in moist places, or along lakes. water to drink water. After drinking water, they pull together to look for flowers to suck nectar, creating a romantic scene in the Central Highlands. During the day, the time when butterflies fly the most, from 10-13 hours,” said Mr. Nguyen Lan. , residing in Di Linh town, Di Linh district, Lam Dong province, shared. Butterflies and flowers. According to Mr. Nguyen Lan and the people living in the Di Linh plateau, the reason is called the caterpillar moth because this is the butterfly of the caterpillar, an insect that often lays eggs and creates cocoon on the trunk of the cassava tree, which is a native plant are grown a lot in the Central Highlands, and only eat the leaves of the cassava plant. Caterpillars usually appear at the end of March every year, then molt into butterflies. The caterpillar moth has a rather short life cycle, only existing from the end of March to the first half of May. At this time, traveling around the Central Highlands, everywhere, there are scenes of white butterflies fluttering everywhere. , gold to overwhelming. In the Central Highlands, the season of butterflies and caterpillars is covered with golden sunshine, which means that the dry days here have entered the final leg, the presence of the rainy season is gradually revealing.

Sleep capsule hotel is located in the Sheung Wan neighborhood of Hong Kong, China. Photo: Stairs going up to the hotel. It seems a bit like looking for a secret passage. When you see sleep related messages, you are about to see this hotel. One of the best things about the hotel is that there is no reception or keys. You just need to move your hand outside the door. A QR code is sent to you on the day of check-in. Simply scan the QR code on the scanner below to open the hotel door. 11 o’clock at night. Everyone in the hotel is sleeping. The screen at the entrance displays a message welcoming guests to the hotel and offers some useful information. Guest shoes are on a bench under the door. The hotel has an area of ​​34m2, according to Lifestyle Asia. The light on the bed flickered when the guest checked in, but I didn’t detect it because the bed was in a row not visible from the entrance. My cabinet code is stuck. A dear friend helped me unlock it – she also had trouble entering the passcode. The locker holds a cup of water, a towel, enough space for a small suitcase, and places to hang clothes. But neither me nor my friend could fit the suitcase because it was too narrow. A large self-sliding door separates the public bathroom from the sleeping area. But every time it opens and closes, the noise squeaks. When you turn on the faucet to brush your teeth, you also need to be aware. After brushing my teeth, I go to bed. I put my Kindle, phone, laptop, and water bottle in my bed. The magnetic induction curtain closes. Each bedroom is covered with rounded wood panels, with lights and charging ports. I grabbed my laptop intending to send out a bedtime email, but as soon as I started typing, I knew I couldn’t work because I would wake other guests. I could hear everything in the hotel, water running from the faucet, someone sifting through lockers and opening and closing the bathroom. The Sleep Hotel provides headphones, reading lights and a sleeping mask. It feels more like a hostel than a hotel. The big benefit of staying in a hostel (aside from being inexpensive) is that you can easily meet other travelers. There is a pamphlet next to the bed with all the information about the hotel. I’m not ready to sleep yet. But there’s nothing to do. I was really excited because at least in the morning the shower was still hot. I feel terrible. The other guests also tried their best to be as quiet as possible.