Interesting things about insects

The insects are too small to seem harmless to big cars. Yet they are the cause of more than half a million drivers in the UK.

Insect world is full of interesting things

The guide for the sun god

Ancient Egyptians worshiped and considered the beetles as gods. The beetle's favorite dish is dung. There are many things that beetles in Egypt are very crowded, so this stinking dish becomes more rare than ever.

The beetle must learn how to get their share when it comes to finding food. They quickly picked up a lump and rolled it away as quickly as possible from the pile. After that, he immediately buried his possessions to not be robbed by other beetles.

These beetles use the sun's movement direction, ie from East to West. The Egyptians saw the round stool moving in the direction of the sun, then disappeared into the earth, which was related to the Sun God, their supreme deity. They gave the beetle the name ' guide for the Sun God'.

The culprit causes traffic accidents

Little insects seem harmless to modern big cars. Yet, according to a British insurance company research, they have caused hundreds of millions of pounds of damage and caused more than half a million drivers in the country.

Up to three-quarters of the surveyed drivers complained of being harassed by insects. Abused by buzzing, startled when insects fly into the face, they react by suddenly braking. More worrisome, a quarter of the drivers left the steering wheel to deal with hated insects in the car.

There are nearly 80% of female drivers encounter insects, possibly because the scent from cosmetics has attracted them. Experts said that up to half of the drivers who had never before or had at least 10 years had not been bitten by insects. This causes their fear to quadruple when sudden insects appear and lead to negative actions.

Special dishes

Insects are considered a favorite in some areas but are taboo with other regions.

In some Asian countries like Thailand, India, Bangladesh ., many shops in the street sell enough dishes made from crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, beetles, bamboo worms and ant eggs. Thai people are "addicted " to the most fried insects, especially grasshoppers. Many people like the cockroaches that have a lot of eggs in their abdomen because of their delicious taste, like beetles because they have more meat. Some people like to eat scorpions, especially the tail because they believe that scorpion venom will make them stronger .

In Vietnam , dishes made from insects also attract many people, such as butter-fried palm weevils, crispy fried crickets, butter-fried scorpions, baked grasshoppers .

Enhance the immune system for humans

A recent study shows that mosquito saliva can help fight malaria. American experts have exposed mice to mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites, some of which were previously burned by mosquitoes. As a result, mice that have been exposed to the mosquito mosquito saliva have lower levels of parasites in the blood and liver. That's because this saliva stimulates the immune system to secrete anti-infection chemicals.

In areas of parasitic disease such as Africa and the Middle East, people are better able to cope with infectious diseases than other regions. The idea is that the body is quite familiar with the parasite. However, recent research shows that exposure to saliva of healthy insects (not carrying parasites) increases resistance.

Therefore, being bitten by insects is not necessarily bad.

Play the role of a doctor

The treatment of maggots wounds (maggot) has been used in some hospitals around the world. People give maggots to eat the skin and dead tissue to prevent necrosis. Wounds treated with maggots before surgery give quite satisfactory results, they do not get infections after surgery.

In another US study, pests were used to treat stomach disease. A whip (Trichuris suis) can relieve colic due to intestinal inflammation.

In traditional medicine, many insects such as scorpions, honey bees, cicadas . have become familiar medicines.