What are the natural enemies of stick insects?

Bamboo insects are medium-sized or large insects, which are mostly distributed in Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. Because the body color and shape are difficult to distinguish from bamboo branches, it is difficult to find that this kind of insects feed on leaves and seriously affect their yield and growth. What are the natural enemies of the bamboo insect?

1. Green wasp

Green wasps, also known as rhododendron bees, red-tailed wasps, etc., are mostly distributed in parts of North China. There is a strange way to lay eggs. Qingfeng lays its eggs in the nests of bees and wasps or on the skin of other larvae. After hatching, the larvae usually eat the food in the hive, even the small larvae of bees and wasps. Scientists call this phenomenon "borrowing the nest to lay eggs."

2. Ravens

Ravens are birds of the family Corvidae, which are omnivorous, many species like to eat carrion, and are harmful to seedlings and grains. But during the breeding period, it mainly feeds on small vertebrates, locusts, mole crickets, beetles and moth larvae, which is beneficial to farmers. In addition, because they like to eat rotten food and peck at agricultural garbage, it can eliminate the pollution of animal carcasses to the environment and play a role in purifying the environment.

3. Curly tail

Curly tail is a bird inhabiting tropical broad-leaved rainforest in mountainous areas. It mainly feeds on locusts, grasshoppers and other insects, as well as plant stamens and berries. Often stay at the top of isolated trees for a long time, sometimes suddenly fly up, catch flying insects in the air, or fly through the dense trees.

4. Ants

Ant is a kind of insect with many species. It is known that there are more than 11700 species in the world, and more than 600 species of ants have been identified in China. The lifespan is very long, workers can survive for several weeks to 3-10 years, queens can survive for several years or even ten years, an ant nest can grow for several years or even more than ten years in a place, it should be noted that termites do not belong to ants.

5. Spiders

Spiders are the most abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, and they are the general name of all species of arachnids. They are distributed all over the world except Antarctica, and their role in maintaining the stability of agricultural and forestry ecosystems can not be ignored. Most of them feed on insects, other spiders and polypods, and some spiders also feed on small animals.

6. Mantis

Mantis is a terrestrial predator (carnivorous), which is widely distributed all over the world except the polar regions, especially in the tropics. All small species of insects can be preyed on by mantis, especially the eggs, larvae, exposed pupae and adults of flies, mosquitoes and locusts, moths and butterflies. Even large insects such as cicadas and migratory locusts are their prey.

7. Discolored tree lizard

The chameleon tree lizard is a reptile of the tree lizard genus of the iguana family. It lives in tropical and subtropical areas and on grass or tree trunks under forests, hillside grasses, graveyards, riversides, roadsides, and dwellings. It is adaptable and unaffected by human activities. It lives at an altitude of 80 to 2000 meters, mainly insects and small vertebrates, including rodents and other lizards.