CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to identify branches with cicada eggs in the wild

1. How to identify branches with cicada eggs in the wild

The branches with cicada eggs seem to be pierced by something! Very rough! You can see it with your naked eyes! Collect them one by one by yourself! You will basically know which one is it! This is how I collect them!

2. How to deal with the collected cicada egg branches

In the process of cicada breeding, the collection of cicada egg branches is a very important link. Cicadas lay eggs around August every year. When choosing egg branches, you must choose wild fruit tree egg branches collected manually. After wild cicada monkeys lay eggs on new branches of the year, you can usually see the withered and dead egg branches after a few hours. You can see some punctured bark on the branches, which means that the cicada monkeys have laid eggs. If there are no punctured bark on the branches, it means that there are no cicada eggs. The cicada egg branches collected that year can be manually pruned and stored naturally in a cool and humid room.

After being stored over the winter, the peak period of egg branch hatching will begin in April next spring.

3. How to store cicada egg branches

When it is particularly dry, you need to hydrate

4. When is the best season to collect cicada egg branches? How to preserve the collected egg branches?

After the golden cicada emerges from the ground in July, it will become a cicada. Generally, experienced people can see the branches where the cicada lays eggs on the treetops at the end of July. The cicada's egg-laying period lasts until August. In August, during the beginning of autumn, it is hot and dry during the day, and it is also a season with more rain. It is better to keep the egg branches naturally on the tree during this period! If you collect egg branches in August, most of the branches have not completely dried up at this time. After collecting and pruning, tie about 100 branches into a small bundle. If you encounter continuous dry weather, you can soak the branches we collected in water and soak them thoroughly. Then, after fishing them out, drain the water and place them vertically in the shade in the yard. Do not expose them to the sun. After natural wind, frost, rain and dew, they will be moisturized! The temperature in autumn is still around 30 degrees. You should pay attention to the continuous high temperature weather and spray the egg branches with water to keep them moist. It is best to use a sprayer to spray them thoroughly in the evening. Once a week is enough. Do not spray water too frequently, otherwise the egg branches will become moldy and rotten. In severe cases, it can lead to the death of the eggs. If there is slight mold, you can put it in the sun to dry, but pay attention to prevent ants and spiders. The weather in winter is very cold, and the egg branches lose less water, so just spray a little, or move it indoors for storage.

After the egg branches are collected, they should be pruned manually. The egg branches are naturally stored in a cool and humid room without special management. The egg branches are preserved. After the spring of the second year, the golden cicadas will enter the hatching stage in April and May. As the temperature begins to rise slowly, the weather is getting drier and drier. In April, you should start spraying water on the golden cicada egg branches once a week to keep them at a certain humid temperature. In fact, the golden cicada eggs begin to develop and grow slowly after the temperature rises. After hatching in May, it is easy to hatch small cicada ants, and the hatching success rate will be greatly improved. The egg branches are well preserved, the temperature rises, and the changes of cicada eggs are observed more. More light and more water are added. The hatching rate of artificially bred golden cicadas will be about 80%.

5. Do the cicada eggs collected in September have to wait until the next year to hatch? How should they be stored during this period?

No, after picking them, you can bury them near the tree, otherwise they will die.

6. Can the cicada eggs be buried directly on the branch?

Just bury it in the soil