Migration flight - Ijuuhishou

Japanese: 移住飛翔 - いじゅうひしょう
Migration flight - Ijuuhishou

...In Tokyo, they are called "Oowata" or "Shiratako", in Kyoto "Shirakoya Okomahan", in Yamato and other areas "Shirokobaba", in Ise "Onatsukojoro", in Izu "Shirobamba", in Mito "Oyukikojoro", and in other dialects, and children used to play with these insects chasing them. Among aphids, the members of the subfamily Aphidinae in particular have many glands that secrete a white waxy substance, and when they secrete a lot, their entire body becomes wrapped in white cotton. The main species, Eriosoma , Prociphilus , Tetraneura , and Schlechtendalia , are conspicuous when they leave their autumn host plants and fly to their winter hosts, so they became a child's plaything after the Edo period, but chasing them seems to be gradually forgotten. [Hasegawa Jin].

*Some of the terminology that refers to "migration flight" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…東京では〈オオワタ〉とか〈シーラッコ〉と呼び,京都では〈白子屋お駒はん〉,大和その他で〈シロコババ〉,伊勢で〈オナツコジョロ〉,伊豆で〈シロバンバ〉,水戸で〈オユキコジョロ〉などの方言で呼ばれ,子どもたちがこの虫を追いかけて遊んだ。アブラムシ類の中でとくにワタアブラ亜科の仲間には白蠟物質を分泌する腺が多数あって,多く分泌されると体全体が白い綿で包まれたようになる種類の総称で,主としてワタアブラ属Eriosoma,ハマキアブラ属Prociphilus,ヨスジワタアブラ属Tetraneura,ゴバイシアブラ属Schlechtendaliaなどが,秋の寄主植物を離れて冬寄主へ移る移住飛翔(ひしよう)の際に目だちやすいので,江戸時代以降子どもの遊びの対象となったが,これを追って遊ぶことはしだいに忘れられていくようである。【長谷川 仁】。…

※「移住飛翔」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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