Chinese medicine Gold Sand Ox is a poisonous medicinal material, also known as Di Gu Niu, Dao Tui Che, Di Gu Niu, etc. It can be used to treat diseases and save lives, as well as nourish the body. Do you know the animal form of Gold Sand Ox?
【Introduction of Gold Sand Ox】
Gold Sand Ox, scientific name: Antlion, also known as Sleepy Bug, Di Gu Niu, Sha Gu Niu, Sha Niu, Di Gong, Sha Mao.
The larvae are used in medicine to treat sand dysuria, malaria, abdominal masses, scrofula tuberculosis, chronic non-healing ulcers, and modern applications for kidney stones.
This is the antlion larva in a funnel-shaped nest. The funnel-shaped nest is very attractive to children. When we were young, we often used small branches to dig out Gold Sand Ox and put them in our palms. It felt itchy.
【Environment of Gold Sand Ox】
Gold Sand Ox is often found under dry eaves or in cultivated land. Sandy loam or fine clay soil is their favorite.
Digging for Gold Sand Ox became a favorite pastime back then, and you could find Gold Sand Ox in shallow sand pits.
The funnel-shaped nest is their hunting tool, and the small insects that fall into the nest are their food.
【Animal Form of Gold Sand Ox】
Yellow-legged antlion, body length 32mm, wingspan 73mm. The body is slender, resembling a dragonfly. The head is wider than the prothorax, with two brown compound eyes, a black head, yellow mouthparts, black club-shaped antennae, and yellow flagellum.
The prothorax is yellow with two wide brown longitudinal stripes on the back and yellow long hairs on the prothorax. The mesothorax is black and significantly larger than the prothorax. The legs are yellow and have long yellow hairs. The wings are transparent, with a slight iridescent color and delicate wing membranes. The shape and size of the forewings and hindwings are similar, and the wing veins are yellow. The abdomen is dark brown.
The larvae resemble spiders, with a body length of 6-18mm, ranging from yellowish-brown to dirty white, with black-brown markings. There are scattered and clustered black-brown stiff hairs on the body, a pair of pincer-like mandibles on the head, no wings, three pairs of legs on the prothorax, and a larger abdomen.
