MTL - This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 31 insect-eating plants

The bonfire burned for three consecutive nights, and almost all the flying insects with phototaxis near the Vine tribe were burned.

With the efforts of people and various frogs, most of those bugs without wings were also eliminated.

The pest plague gradually subsided, and the crops in the field were preserved and continued to grow.

But Jiang Xuan is very clear that relying on bonfires to kill insects is only an expedient measure. If you want to kill insects for a long time and long-term effect, you must think of other ways.

The insecticide was too complicated, Jiang Xuan could not come up with it, so he had to give it up.

He thought about it, but couldn't think of a good solution.

Until one day, he found a dozen very special plants in a bush in the open field.

This is a kind of grass that looks like a purple gourd. They are about half a meter tall and have a purplish red color. The full abdomen is filled with a liquid, but the opening at the top is very narrow. The outer skin and leaves are smooth and tough.

After getting close, you can clearly smell this grass exudes a sweet fragrance, attracting a lot of bugs to wander around.

"Pfft!"

When a flying insect flew over it, the plant's abdomen suddenly contracted, and the strong pressure instantly sprayed the liquid in the plant's abdomen. After passing through the small opening at the top, the liquid flew very high and shot directly. That flying insect.

The liquid was very viscous. After the flying insect was sprayed, its wings were stuck together and could no longer be flapped. After struggling a few times, it fell to the ground.

The flying insect struggled a few times on the ground, and then there were countless roots that burrowed out of the ground, entangling the flying insect, and the binding became tighter and tighter until the flying insect could no longer move.

This flying insect will soon become the nourishment for these magical plants, making them grow better.

Jiang Xuan carefully watched the process of plants catching insects, and he said in surprise: "What kind of plant is this, it's really good for catching insects!"

Jiang Xuan observed it for a while, then dug up a plant and brought it back to ask Chishao.

"It's called water arrow grass."

Chishao took the plant and glanced at it, and knew what kind of plant it was.

Chishao pointed to the belly of the plant and said, "When this grass encounters insects, its stomach will shrink, and then spray water, shooting down the insects like an arrow, so we call it water arrow grass."

"Where did you find it?"

Jiang Xuan replied: "In the uncultivated wasteland, there were more than a dozen plants growing. When I went there, I happened to see a bug shot down by it, so I dug a plant and came back."

Chishao returned the water arrow grass to Jiang Xuan: "The water arrow grass is a good thing. It can be dug up with the roots, dried and ground into powder, which can heal wounds."

"It turns out that it is still a herbal medicine." Jiang Xuan was surprised by this magical herb.

"Many plants are herbs. Knowing more about them can save your life at a critical time."

"This is what the hunting party told me."

Chi Shao's expression was a little gloomy, obviously thinking of the deer tribe that had been wiped out.

Jiang Xuan patted Chi Shao on the shoulder with an encouraging look in his eyes.

"I'm fine."

Chi Shao smiled at him, and her eyes became firm again.

She has a strong ability to regulate emotions and rarely shows her vulnerable side in front of others.

"I plan to plant a row of arrowgrass in the middle of each vegetable field."

Jiang Xuan expressed his thoughts: "I have thought about it carefully in the past few days. If the crops in the field are to get a good harvest, deworming is one of the things that must be done."

"One of the ways to get rid of insects is to dig more ponds. There will be a lot of frogs around the ponds, and they will eat a lot of insects."

"Another method is to plant all kinds of plants in the ground that can actively capture bugs like water arrow grass."

"With these plants, as long as the bugs get close to the ground, they will be attracted to them and eat them, so our crops can grow safely."

"In addition to eating insects, these plants can also be used as medicine, and they can be collected directly when needed, killing two birds with one stone."

Chi Shao's eyes lit up after hearing Jiang Xuan's words.

Jiang Xuan's plan sounds very good, and the feasibility is relatively high.

Those plants that eat insects generally emit a strong fragrance to lure insects over, which is much more attractive than crops in the ground.

Using these plants to deal with insects can perfectly solve the problem of insects eating crops.

"Sister, can you take me to find these insect-eating plants?"

"Of course, there are not many such plants in the jungle, but they are usually hunting, and they don't go out to find them."

"Okay, then let's go to the mountain tomorrow, call the loach, and go dig some insect-eating plants to plant."

After Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao discussed the matter of going to the mountain tomorrow, they planted this water arrow grass, which had been dug up, and had become unruly, and planted it in a clearing in front of the bamboo house.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan, Chishao and Shiloach brought all the tools and entered the vast jungle.

The jungle in summer is very vibrant. Various plants grow wildly in the jungle, and various animals are also very active.

"Gu Gu Gu..."

A big bird, after encountering a person, ran away quickly with two long legs.

This is a flightless bird, because its feathers have large red markings, so the tribes call it the red-spotted bird.

The red-spotted bird's wings are small, but the legs are very thick, and it runs very fast. It walks like flying in the jungle.

"The red-spotted bird is very suitable for breeding. If the crops planted by the tribe can get a bumper harvest and there is a surplus of food, domesticating the red-spotted bird is a good choice."

The red-spotted bird that ran away didn't know that it, including its kind, had already been targeted by Jiang Xuan.

Chishao and Shiloh took a few more glances at the red-spotted bird. Although they didn't know how to domesticate it, they were very interested in it.

Compared to farming, tribal people still prefer to deal with beasts and birds.

The three of them continued to move forward, and Chishao went to relatively low-lying and humid places.

As Chishao walked, she explained to Jiang Xuan, "The more humid the place, the more bugs, and the more plants that eat bugs."

Jiang Xuan nodded. He knew that the larvae of many flying insects grew up in the water. When they grew up, they would climb ashore, turn into cocoons, and grow wings.

The three walked for a long time and came to a shallow wild pond.

Chishao's eyes searched nearby for a moment, and then locked on a plant.

"I found it, bamboo grass."

Jiang Xuan followed her gaze and saw a strange plant, about 20 or 30 plants, growing crowded together~www.novelbuddy.com~ This kind of plant is very strange. It grows straight and every time Each section has a leaf, which is curled and shaped like a bamboo tube.

When the wind blows, these plants sway with the wind, and the bamboo-shaped leaves occasionally collide, making a very slight sound.

"No wonder it's called bamboo grass."

Jiang Xuan suddenly realized that this name is really an image.

Jiang Xuan asked curiously, "Can this bamboo grass also catch bugs?"

"Yes!" Chishao pointed to one of the bamboo grasses and said, "Look."

Jiang Xuan looked at the bamboo tube grass and found a flying insect hovering above the bamboo tube grass.

"Buzzing..."

The flying insect gradually approached the bamboo tube grass, and flew into the "bamboo tube", greedily sucking the sweet honey juice secreted on the inner wall.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, a lid was added to the "bamboo tube", trapping the flying insect inside. When the flying insect wanted to escape, it was too late.

It turned out that there is a leaf on the upper part of the tube-shaped leaves of the bamboo tube grass, which is usually tightly attached to the "bamboo tube", and you can't see it unless you look carefully.

When insects are attracted by the sweet sap and enter the bamboo tube, the leaves will quickly close, like a tight-fitting lid, trapping the insects inside.

Not only that, the leaves of the bamboo tube grass will continue to roll inward until the insects are completely trapped, and then slowly corrode and dissolve the insects through the secreted juice, and finally become the nourishment of the bamboo tube grass.

"What a powerful bamboo grass!"

Jiang Xuan witnessed the scene of the bamboo tube grass preying on the insects, and felt that it was an eye-opener.

At the same time, he decided to dig back this bamboo tube grass and plant it in the cultivated land just like the water arrow grass to catch bugs and protect crops.