There are many natural enemies of locusts in nature, such as eels, crayfish, various frogs, water snakes and water birds, which all prey on eels. But for leech, what they are most afraid of is salt and chemical fertilizer, because leech has no skin protection. Once its body is stained with salt, it will lose a lot of water and die.

When I was a child, when I went to work in the rice fields or go to ponds or rivers, what I was most afraid of was encountering locusts. Because there were so many locusts at that time, they were usually found wherever there was water.

This strange creature not only looks a little scary, it is a mollusk that can stretch very long. Moreover, the older generation also said that leech is a "vampire" and loves to suck the blood of humans and animals. If there is a wound on the body, it will enter the body to suck human blood.

But in recent years Locusts are rarely seen anymore. Sometimes if you want to catch a locust, you may not be able to catch one. I heard that some people are already breeding it in some places, which is really incredible.

What is the creature like the leech most afraid of? Can the hermaphrodite really survive after being cut into segments as the old man said? How hard is the life of a leech?

A brief introduction to leech

Leech is just a common name among the people. Its scientific name is leech. Cold-blooded annelids like to live in an environment with water. They are also found all over the country in my country, mainly in environments rich in organic matter such as reservoirs, ditches, ponds, paddy fields and lakes in fresh water.

But locusts do not have to live in water. Some like to live in grass or trees. Some locusts can even survive in fresh water.

As for the appearance of the leech, I won’t go into too much detail here, as it looks scary, and even more disgusting if you imagine the picture in your head. The vitality of this animal is very tenacious. It is generally more active in summer and autumn. In winter, it will enter the mud and start hibernating without eating or drinking.

As an omnivorous animal, leeches have very special eating habits. In addition to sucking the blood of humans and animals, they also like to eat plankton, insects, molluscs, etc. in the water. What many people don’t know is that the leech is actually a hermaphroditic animal, and its reproduction method is similar to that of earthworms.

The leech has two sets of female reproductive organs at the same time. When mating, they proceed in opposite directions, and it also has the phenomenon of "sex reversal", which means that a leech can be both a father and a father. You can be a mother. It can play different roles at different times in its life.

Generally, leeches mate with Around three months, the female's genitals will secrete an "egg belt". If the outside temperature is suitable, the young leech will hatch in about 16-25 days and live a tender and independent life. In the past, leeches were found in many waters in rural areas, which was closely related to their strong vitality and reproductive ability.

What are leech’s most afraid of? Can it really be cut into several pieces without dying?

The saying about leech in rural areas in the past is that this creature has very strong vitality, which means that its life is very hard. In the author's hometown, old people used to say that animals like leech can survive if cut into pieces, or even burned to ashes, and then placed outdoors overnight, and densely packed little leech will grow out again.

When I was a child, I didn’t understand it, but I firmly believed in it, so I was particularly frightened of locusts. But when I grew up, I realized that there are no creatures in the world that can survive after being burned to ashes. Moreover, locusts are not as powerful as in folklore in the past, and they also have many natural enemies.

Leeches in nature? The natural enemies include eels, crayfish, water snakes and frogs, which often prey on leeches. And if you are in dry land, all kinds of water birds and ants like to eat locusts, and even mice will eat locusts. The way they eat locusts is also very simple and crude, that is, they swallow them directly, and then the digestive juices in their bodies The leech will die quickly.

As for what leech is most afraid of, in addition to these natural enemies, they are also afraid of salt, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, especially chemical fertilizers, which are even more devastating to leech.

Everyone who has lived in rural areas knows that leech loves to suck blood from people and animals. If a leech burrows into the body, it cannot be pulled out directly by hand because it has suckers on its body. , pulling it out directly will tear it off, making it harder to get it out.

I saw them when I was a child. , after spreading urea and other fertilizers into the rice fields, soon all the locusts in the water were dead. It is also because more chemical fertilizers are used now that it is difficult to see locusts in many places. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that chemical fertilizers are the natural enemies of locusts.

Okay, after reading this, everyone probably understands that leech life is not as tough as rumored, and they are afraid of many things, the most feared of which are salt and chemical fertilizers. Because this will cause damage to their growing environment.