"Kuyi gwadawa, yana dandana kamar biltong" in ji mai kula da waƙa a gidan cin abinci Boma a Victoria Falls , Zimbabwe. Tana da hankali: Ina son soyayya biltong . Amma a kan raguwa? Kamar yadda arziki zai sami shi, ina so in dandana tsutsaran tsutsa a wani lokaci, kuma yana kama da lokaci ya zo. Duk da sunansu, tsutsotsi masu tsutsawa ba tsutsotsi ba ne, amma kwarewar wani nau'i na jinsin sarki mai suna Gonimbrasia belina .
Abincin gaske ne a wasu sassa na kudancin Afrika kuma ya dauki abincin daji a wasu. Amma kowa da kowa ya yarda cewa tsutsotsi suna da koshin lafiya, wasu kuma suna kula da su kamar yadda dadi sosai.
Cibiyar Boma
Gidan Boma yana da wani wuri na musamman na yawon shakatawa wanda aka kafa a cikin kyawawan wurare na Victoria Falls Safari Lodge. Abincin dare a wannan gidan cin abinci na kasar Zimbabwe mai girman kai abu ne mai ban mamaki, tare da yawancin wuraren da ake amfani da su a cikin gidan abincin da ake amfani da ita. Wadannan sun hada da abubuwan dadi irin su gidan impala da fillet. Ana iya samun likita don gaya maka dukiyarka ta hanyar jefa kasusuwansa; 'yan rawa suna raye tare da gargajiya na Shona da Ndebele; sannan kuma ... akwai tsutsotsi na tsutsotsi na mopane.
Menene Mopane Tsutsotsi Kuyi?
Tsutsotsi a Boma suna soyayyen tare da tumatir, da albasarta da tafarnuwa, babu wani abu wanda ya ba da alamar ba da damar sa ido na baki da baƙar fata da kuma gishiri. Tare da mai kula yana kallon ƙarfafawa, sai na ɗaga baki a cikin bakina kuma na fara jin daɗi.
Ƙaramar farko na tsutsaran mopane ba ta da kyau, da tafarnuwa da albasa suka ɓoye su.
Amma yayin da na cigaba da yin haushi, ainihin abincin ya zama banza kuma na gano wani gauraya na duniya, gishiri da bushewa. Ba shi da kyau. Na gudanar da haɗuwa da shi a karshe kuma saboda wannan abu ne na yawon shakatawa, har ma na sami takardar shaida don tabbatar da ita.
Ina darajar wannan takardar shaidar a sama da abin da na samu don bungee tsalle daga gabar Victoria Falls.
Mutuwar Worms a Abubuwan Afrika
Mafi yawancin mutane da ke jin dadin tsutsotsi na mopane ba shakka basu sami takardun shaida ba don cin abincin gurasar. Yawancin lokaci, za ku ga manyan kayutun fure-fure da / ko ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyi da aka ƙona a kasuwanni a cikin yankunan Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Afrika ta Kudu da Namibia. Suna kallon greyish a lokacin da aka bushe (bayan an cire kullun kore) kuma a kallon farko za ka iya tunanin cewa kana kallon wani irin wake.
Tsutsotsi na Mopane suna samun sunan Ingilishi daga fifikowarsu ga itatuwan mopane, jinsunan da aka saba da su a yankunan arewacin kudancin Afirka. Lokaci mafi kyau don girbe su shine marigayi ne a cikin tsarinsu, lokacin da suke karyewa da m kuma ba su riga sun yi boye a karkashin kasa don su shiga cikin hakorar su ba. Tsutsotsi na mopane kuma suna ciyar da mango da wasu bushes. Tsutsotsi masu tsalle-tsire masu tsire-tsire suna cin abinci ne na cin abinci, amma wasu kantunan gida suna sayar da tsutsotsi a cikin gwangwani.
Mutuwar Wuta a matsayin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci
An kira kututtukan Mopane a cikin Botswana, mashonja a Zimbabwe da sassa na Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma Omangungu a Namibia. Duk da dandano mai ban sha'awa, sun shirya wani abu mai mahimmanci mai gina jiki, wanda ya kunshi furotin 60% da ƙarfin ƙarfe da alli.
Tun da girbi mai tsutsawa na mopane yana bukatar kadan shigarwa a hanyar albarkatun, caterpillars sun zama tushen samun kudin shiga. A kudancin Afrika, tsutsotsi na mopane sune masana'antar Rand Rand.
Ana ci gaba da bunkasa kasuwancin mopane worm a lokuta da yawa ta hanyar girbi. Sauran barazana ga masana'antu sun hada da yin amfani da magungunan kashe qwari don hana magoya baya don yin gwagwarmaya da dabbobin da suke ciyar da bishiyar guda; da kuma deforestation. Wasu kamfanoni masu tsattsauran ra'ayi sunyi la'akari da tsayar da tsutsotsi domin su inganta masana'antar.
Yadda za a Kwanke Tsutsotsi na Mopane
Hanyar da ta fi dacewa ta ci tsutsotsi na mopane ita ce kamar yadda na yi - soyayyen tare da hade da tumatir, tafarnuwa, kirki, gishiri da albasa. Wadanda ke da damar yin amfani da caterpillars za su iya samun girke-girke don dafa su a kan layi.
Za a iya tsutsotsi tsutsotsi na kwakwalwa zuwa wani sutura, burodi don yalwata su, ko kuma kawai su ci albarkatu da sabo daga itace. Lokacin da suka yi sabo, sun kasance ba tare da kullun ba, kuma abincin su ba shi da kariya. Ko wannan abu ne mai kyau ko mummuna abu ne a gare ku!
Jessica Macdonald ya sabunta wannan labarin a ranar 29 ga Maris 2017.