CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to collect cicada eggs

1. How to collect cicada eggs

When the tree is dry, just make a hook! The branches with eggs are uneven and bumpy! It's like they were stabbed with a knife! Some of them have one or two dry leaves! But not all! Some have leaves but not necessarily! If you have good eyesight, you can see without leaves! You can put a few to see if there are white eggs inside. After a few times, you will basically know which one has and which one doesn't! If you don't understand, add Q1113992452

2. Cicada breeding, where should I put the cicada eggs collected this year, what is the temperature, humidity, are there any requirements? In which month should I hatch the cicada, what are the steps, if you know, please tell me in detail

Place it in a cool and ventilated place, add some water appropriately, and start hatching in May. You can provide hatching and breeding video materials.

3. Golden cicada breeding issues: How to deal with the collected egg branches? How to store the collected egg branches?

1. Newly collected egg branches need a 5-month stagnation period, during which time the new eggs form embryos. The newly collected egg branches cannot hatch within 5 months. The hatching temperature is 32 degrees and the humidity is 80%, which has the highest hatching rate and the shortest hatching period. In this case, a thermometer with good sensitivity should be used, with an error within one degree. If the error is large, the hatching rate will be different. There are many details to pay attention to, such as the choice of forest land. It is most suitable to raise golden cicadas in forest land without water accumulation after rain and sandy forest land.

2. The cicada eggs are hatched in May. The temperature is controlled at 32 degrees and the humidity is controlled at 80%. Water is sprayed every day. Such temperature and humidity have the highest hatching rate and the shortest incubation period. The eggs will turn slightly yellow after 15 days of incubation, black spots will appear on the eggs about 22 days, the cicada ants are basically formed after 30 days, and cicada ants will crawl out after 35 days. On the 30th day of incubation, put 5 cm thick soil in the incubation basin. When the sand cicada ants come out, keep the sand moist. It is best not to dry out or accumulate water. After there are a certain number of cicada ants in the incubation basin, you can plant them.

4. How to breed cicadas and collect cicada seeds yourself?

1. Obtain seed sources. Primary seed sources can be collected naturally in the field. Eggs, nymphs, and adults can all be collected as seed sources. All stages of insects can be collected from July to September; August to September is the best season for collecting nymphs; September is the best time to collect cicada egg branches, and cicada eggs can be collected throughout the year.

To collect eggs, you can choose an ideal place with dense trees and many cicadas. Use fruit branch shears or a long pole with a hook on the top to gently remove the 1-2 year old thin dry branches on the tree that have been killed by cicada eggs. Any branch that is flat and dry on one side with an incomplete surface and has a large number of milky white oblong eggs embedded in the subcutaneous wood is cicada eggs. Cut off the excess egg-free dead branches on the top of the egg-laying nest, and leave 10-15 cm of egg-free branches below the egg-laying nest. Bundle about 50 branches into a small bundle and put them in a plastic bag for later use.

To capture nymphs, naturally mature nymphs are the target. Nymphs can be collected by illuminating the base of the tree trunk with a flashlight between 7 and 12 pm. After collection, they are placed in a gauze cage to hatch and lay eggs. Shrub-like hosts are planted in the gauze cage, mainly various fruit trees.

There are many ways to catch adult cicadas on trees, such as using fire to lure them at night. In order to ensure that the adult cicadas are not damaged, wheat gluten can be used to catch them. The method is to wash the dough with water several times to remove the starch, leaving pure gluten, store it in a wide lotus leaf or poplar leaf, stick it to the top of a bamboo pole, and catch the adult cicadas in the early morning or during the day.

The collection of egg-laying branches should be the main way to obtain seed sources.

2. Breeding. The breeding objects are newly hatched nymphs and eggs that are close to hatching.

Collect the branches with eggs directly from the wild or from the seed source site and gather them indoors to promote hatching. Hatching method: In a plastic box 70 cm long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high, spread 5 to 10 cm thick fine dry sand on the bottom, put the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it, and spray mist with a small sprayer to keep the air around the branches with eggs high humidity so that excess water droplets are absorbed by the fine sand at the bottom. The hatching of eggs should be checked continuously in the middle. When nymph activity is found, the branches and fine sand can be placed in the breeding site.

The breeding time is generally from September to October (two-year eggs) or from June to July (first-year eggs). Dig regular narrow trenches about 30 to 50 centimeters deep, about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, under the host plant tree in the breeding place, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and harvesting. After "breeding", cover the soil and compact it, and keep records of the time, quantity, "breeding" trench shape and depth.

From the egg stage to the mature nymph (cicada turtle), the cicada needs to grow underground for three winters and summers (actually two years): the first year starts in June, and the weight of the growth is only about 1 gram, and the whole body and eyes are milky white; the weight grows to about 3 grams in the second year, the whole body pigment deepens, and the eyes are pink; the nymph (cicada turtle) matures in the third year, weighing 4.5-5 grams, with an average of 210 per kilogram, and the body color is brown, and the eyes are dark gray. According to the weight, body color depth and eye color changes, the time and age of the nymph's growth and development can be accurately determined.