Adult reddish brown; The head tube is black, slender as an elephant's nose and can rotate freely; The legs and tibia of the front foot are prickly, and the tibia is sickle-shaped like a mantis; Each wing has nine longitudinal stripes. The larvae are milky white and spindle-shaped. Give birth to a generation every year. The male wing sheath of the adult is yellow and the head is small; The female wing sheath is basically black, and there is a big black spot on the back near COLEOPTERA. There are far more women than men. Larvae eat bamboo shoots and adults eat bamboo shoots, which is very harmful. Prevention and control methods: In autumn and winter, the bamboo forest can loosen the soil and directly pierce the cocoon of the bamboo elephant, which is not conducive to the overwintering of the bamboo elephant. During the spawning period, adults can spray Baichongdi to dig out new bamboo shoots and kill pupae in the soil. Edible. Children in Sichuan and Chongqing like to catch this kind of insect, throw a thread around their feet and drive them around for entertainment. Or break its front foot, insert a thin bamboo stick into the broken limb, shake it and start flying. In summer, children often use it as a fan.