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How much does a pound of golden cicada shell cost in 2022?

A pound of golden cicada shell costs about 245 yuan.

Golden cicada, also known as grasshopper cicada, belongs to the family Cicadidae of the order Homoptera of the class Insecta. It is an insect with incomplete metamorphosis, and its growth goes through three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.

Primary seed sources can be obtained by naturally collecting 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, and September is the best time to collect cicada egg branches. Cicadas can be collected all year round.

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- to 2-year-old thin tangerine branches that have been killed by cicada eggs. Any tangerine branch with a flat surface on one side and an incomplete surface, and a large number of milky white long oval eggs embedded in the wood under the skin, is a cicada egg. Cut off the excess eggless tangerine branches above the egg-laying nest, leave 10 to 15 cm of eggless branches below the egg-laying nest, and tie about 50 branches into a small bundle and put them in a plastic bag for later use.

Breeding

The breeding targets are newly hatched nymphs and eggs that are about to hatch. The branches with eggs collected directly from the wild or in the seed source site are concentrated indoors to promote hatching. Hatching method: In a plastic box of 70cm x 40cm x 20cm, spread 5 to 10cm thick fine sand on the bottom, and place the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it. Use a small sprayer to spray mist water continuously to maintain high humidity around the branches with eggs, so that excess water droplets are absorbed by the fine sand at the bottom. At the same time, the hatching of eggs should be checked continuously. 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 (single-year eggs). Dig the ground under the host plant tree at the breeding site, about 1m away from the base of the tree trunk. Dig regular narrow trenches about 30 to 50cm deep, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and catching. After breeding, cover the soil and compact it, and keep records of the time, quantity, breeding trench shape and depth.

Providing growth conditions

Choose healthy tree species with well-developed lateral root systems, lush growth, and more juice, such as poplar, elm, willow or various fruit trees in the orchard (preferably fruit trees). In addition, intercrop some root and tuber plants, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams. The depth of grasshoppers should be 30 to 50 cm. They should be sunny and frost-proof. The soil should be soft, fertile, and pollution-free; it should not be too dry, nor should it have too high water content or water accumulation. To ensure the normal growth of the host plant root system, the young and tender plants should be well developed and juicy. In winter, wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalks, etc. should be covered in the planting area to maintain the ground temperature.

Building production facilities

In addition to collecting eggs naturally, a gauze greenhouse can be built to provide space for adults to lay eggs. Fruit trees in abandoned orchards can be used to replant fruit tree seedlings, and cement or bamboo sticks can be used to build fences around them, with iron wires in the middle and nylon window screens on the outside. The adults that have emerged or been collected can mate and lay eggs in them, and the number of adults can be retained as needed, without having to collect seed sources from the wild.

Harvest

The best season for field harvesting is from mid-to-late June (around the summer solstice) to early August (around the beginning of autumn). The most concentrated season is in early July or after rain. The nymphs (Cicada bend turtles) dig holes in the soft ground with a pair of saw-toothed front feet. After crawling out of the ground, they move for a short time on the ground. Then they climb along the tree trunks or trellises to prepare for molting. They emerge as adult cicadas at 4 to 6 in the morning of the next day. You can use a flashlight to illuminate and catch them on the ground and trunks under the trees at night. Or you can catch the emerging young adult cicadas on the trees in the early morning.

Now I know how much one costs

The price of cicada molts is now around 110-120 yuan. As wild cicadas become less and less, the price of cicada molts has been rising year by year.

The efficacy of cicada molt

The main content of cicada slough is keratin, 24 kinds of amino acids and a large amount of chitin and chitosan. This product has antipyretic, sedative, analgesic, anticonvulsant and other effects; it also has certain anti-cancer, immunosuppressive and anti-allergic effects. Experiments have shown that this product has a significant inhibitory effect on the body's immune function and allergic reactions; its water extract shows a high anti-tumor activity against Ehrlich ascites cancer cells in vitro.

Cicada slough is used for exogenous wind-heat, fever, chills, cough, rubella, skin itching and other symptoms. Cicada slough has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, and is often used in combination with mint for wind-heat symptoms; it also has the function of dispelling wind and relieving itching for rubella itching. It is used for measles, sore throat and hoarseness. The sore throat treated by cicada slough is generally suitable for those caused by exogenous wind-heat, because it has the effect of dispersing wind-heat and relieving throat, and is often used in combination with mint, burdock, forsythia, platycodon and licorice. It is used for red and swollen eyes and cataracts. This product has the effect of clearing eyes and removing cataracts for red eyes and cataracts caused by wind-heat, and cataracts after measles. It can be used with chrysanthemum, scutellaria baicalensis, and white tribulus.

Side effects of cicada shells

Cicada slough is different from ordinary Chinese medicinal materials. The side effects of cicada slough are very small, because the overall pharmacological effect of cicada slough is the strongest, but the toxicity is very small. There have been reports in the clinic that 15 minutes after taking 10g of cicada slough, there was persistent pain in the upper abdomen, abdominal distension, and bowel sounds, which disappeared on their own after 30 minutes. Experts have conducted many tests and proved that the side effects of cicada slough are still very small and can be almost ignored, so friends don’t have to worry too much when taking it.

How to Identify the Authenticity of Cicada Shells

1. Genuine cicada shell

The whole body is similar to a cicada but hollow, slightly oval and curved, with a tea-brown surface, translucent and shiny; 3 to 4 cm long and 1.5 to 2 cm wide; the whole body is covered with yellow-brown fine hairs, with a pair of antennae on the head, which are filamentous and mostly broken; the compound eyes are prominent and transparent, the tip of the forehead is prominent, the snout is well-developed, the upper lip is wide and short, and the lower lip is extended into a tubular shape; the back of the chest is cracked longitudinally or cross-shaped longitudinally and transversely, and the cracks are curled inward. There are 2 pairs of small wings on both sides of the spine, the front pair is longer, and the back pair is shorter; there are 3 pairs of legs on the ventral side, the tip of the femur and tibia of the forelegs is serrated, and there are 2 small spines at the tip of the elbow, and the spines are all black-brown; the middle and hind legs are slender; the abdomen is blunt and round, with a total of 9 sections from head to tail, and the tail is triangular and blunt; the body is light, membranous, and fragile; the smell is weak, and the taste is light.

2. Fake cicada shells

The appearance is slightly similar to the real cicada shell, oval and curved, but smaller than the real Zaosong, about 1.7 cm long and 1 cm wide, with a gray-brown surface, translucent or opaque, and slightly shiny; there is also a pair of filamentous antennae on the head, and the back of the chest is also cross-shaped, but the crack does not curl inward. These three points are different from the real ones to distinguish them.

How to make cicada slough porridge

Ingredients: 50g polished rice, 5g cicada shell

Steps: 1. Pick out impurities from the cicada shells, wash and dry them, then grind them into fine powder.

2. Put it into the pot together with the washed japonica rice, add 500 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat first, then simmer over low heat until it becomes a thin porridge.

How much does cicada molt cost per pound?

Chicken gizzard lining porridge recipe

Ingredients: 100g polished rice, 30g chicken gizzard lining, 10g cicada shell, 30g white sugar

Steps: 1. Grind cicada molt and chicken gizzard lining into fine powder and set aside.

2. Wash the japonica rice, add appropriate amount of water into the pot, and cook the porridge until it is thick.

3. Add 3 grams of medicinal powder and cook for five minutes.

4. Season with appropriate amount of sugar.

In the hot summer, cicadas are chirping. Golden cicadas are also known as "cicada monkeys" by the people. As an alternative wild delicacy, they have become popular in many restaurants. Not long ago, the reporter visited and learned that the rising demand from diners has also caused the price of "cicada monkeys" to soar. The price of wild cicada monkeys is even as high as more than 100 yuan per kilogram. The subsequent capture, acquisition, distribution and even breeding have formed a large-scale development. Some people say that the habit of eating "cicada monkeys" originated in Shandong, and its rise and prosperity are inseparable from Shandong. How popular is cicada monkey in Shandong? The reporter conducted an investigation and interview on this.

50 yuan per pound, the price of wild cicada monkeys has skyrocketed!

At 4 a.m. on July 2, the reporter saw staff sorting cicadas at a store in Juancheng County, Heze, which specializes in purchasing and wholesale Jinheng split cicadas.

"We usually start collecting at around 3 in the morning, while the small households below start collecting at 11 o'clock. We collect from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock, and they come to me around 1 o'clock. They arrive here around 3 o'clock. We are busy from around 3 o'clock in the morning every day until dark." The boss told reporters that his store is now the largest cicada monkey purchasing and wholesale distribution center in Juancheng County, with a daily shipment volume of up to one ton, and customers all over the country. "Generally speaking, we pick out those, cook them directly, put them in boxes, and then ship them out after freezing. They are shipped to Beijing, Jinan, Qingdao and other places where they are popular."

While the reporter was talking with the shop owner, small vendors who were responsible for purchasing golden cicadas from all over the country came one after another and brought the fruits of the night's purchase here for sale. Through the conversation, the reporter learned that this small vendor could collect tens of thousands of golden cicadas in one night when there were many. As for the purchasing method, he usually set up two or three fixed purchasing points in the village, and the villagers knew where to buy them.

"The villagers either come with 50, more than 100, or even more than 200. I buy them for 55 cents and sell them to them for 60 cents. I make 5 cents, which is a hard-earned profit. He then sells them and makes a little more money. During the busiest times, we can collect more than 10,000 a night," the small vendor told reporters.

With the purchase price rising year by year, the golden cicada that used to cost a few cents each has now become 50 or 60 cents each. For many farmers, this is a considerable income during the slack season. With more transactions, there are more brokers like this who collect cicadas from the fields and resell them at the purchasing points.

Some small vendors use the loudspeakers of the rural brigade to tell the villagers that the cicada buyers have arrived. Sometimes they can collect 18,000 cicadas in one night. The popularity of cicada monkeys also shows that people are paying more and more attention to health and are more and more fond of this wild food. However, the popularity and development of any industry still requires supervision from the industry and relevant departments. As Lao Zhang said, the acts of counterfeiting and adulteration should not only be sad, but also severely cracked down.

The popularity of cicada monkeys also shows that people are paying more and more attention to health and are becoming more and more fond of this wild food. However, the popularity and development of any industry still requires supervision from the industry and relevant departments. Just like Lao Zhang said, the acts of counterfeiting and adulteration should not only be sad, but also severely cracked down.

The price of cicadas is not very stable now. The price of dried cicadas is different from the price of live cicadas. The wholesale price and the retail price are also different. The lowest price is one yuan. What's more, the price in each region is also different. You can also go to the pharmacy to ask.