Is the snail a beneficial insect or a pest? Is it poisonous? What kind of food do you eat?

Snail is the most common mollusk on land, which has high edible and medicinal value. Snails like to live in a dark, damp, loose, humus environment, go out day and night, are most afraid of direct sunlight, and are sensitive to the environment, so are snails beneficial insects or pests? Is it poisonous? What kind of food do you eat?

Snail is a kind of mollusk living on land. it is a kind of terrestrial mollusk with high edible, medicinal and health care value. it has a history of eating and medicine for more than 2000 years. It is also one of the seven popular game in the world, ranking first among the four famous dishes in the world.

Is the snail a beneficial insect or a pest?

There are many kinds of snails, some harmful and some beneficial.

Snails are pests to farmers because they eat crops. Snails feed on leaves and petioles and secrete mucus to pollute seedlings at the same time. Wounds caused by feeding can sometimes induce soft rot, causing decay and necrosis of leaves or seedlings, which brings many difficulties to farmers. As far as crops are concerned, snails are pests and agricultural pests.

And for the human body and medicine, it is definitely a beneficial worm. Snail has high edible and medicinal value. Snail is a kind of food with high protein and balanced nutrition. The snail is full of treasure. It can be used to make many medicines.

Snails can treat diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, vasculitis and so on. Eating snails can not only clear heat, detoxify, detoxify, prolong life and beautify skin, but also effectively prevent and control common diseases such as diabetes, pneumonia, emphysema, lung cancer and so on. it can also greatly improve people's eyesight, appetite, sleep and sexual function, which is respected by Chinese pharmacopoeia and appreciated by European and American countries. Especially in Britain and France, which are in the longevity area of the world, they have reached the point that "there is no good food without snails, and they are not counted as seats without snails", and are openly listed as the first of the four famous dishes in the world (that is, snails, shark fin, dried scallops and abalone).

French researchers have found that the content of metal pollutants in snail digestive glands is an important index to reflect the degree of soil pollution. By testing this index, soil and environmental pollution can be notified and prevented in time.

There are two sides to the question of whether a snail is a pest or a beneficial insect, and different results will be obtained from different perspectives.

Is the snail poisonous?

Most snails are poisonous. Snails are terrestrial shellfish molluscs, which have lived on the earth since ancient times. Most snails are poisonous and inedible. There are about 11 species of snails with edible value in China, such as brown cloud agate snail, tall ring snail, Hainan snail, wrinkled snail, Jiangxi snail, Mashi snail, Baiyu snail and so on. There are mainly French snails, garden snails and agate snails that are eaten and farmed all over the world.

What kind of food does a snail eat?

Snails go out during the day and at night, like dark and humid, afraid of light and heat, and often inhabit the environment of overgrown weeds, lush trees, luxuriant crops, soil, litter, caves, branches and stones. The range of foraging is very extensive. It mainly eats all kinds of vegetables, weeds and melon peels and crop leaves, stems, buds, flowers, succulent fruits and all kinds of grass highland barley feed, succulent feed, bran feed and cake feed.

The natural enemy of a snail

Many chickens, ducks, birds, toads, turtles, snakes and hedgehogs feed on snails, while fireflies mainly feed on snails. In general, snails can live for 2-3 years, up to 7 years, but most of them may become food for other animals that year.