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Is it true that there is no real success in cicada breeding?

This statement is wrong. Currently, golden cicadas have been artificially bred and can be successfully bred. However, golden cicada breeding is a special breeding project that requires high breeding technology and has limited market demand, making it a high-risk breeding project.

Reproduction Techniques of Golden Cicada

1. Create favorable environmental conditions.

The suitable depth for breeding cicadas is 30-50 cm. Prevent them from freezing in the sun, and the soil should be soft, fertile, and pollution-free. It should not be too dry, and the water content should not be too high or there should be water accumulation, so as to ensure the normal growth and development of the host plant root system, and the meat should be tender, developed, and juicy. In winter, the breeding area should be covered with wheat straw, rice straw, and corn straw to maintain the ground temperature.

2. Epidemic prevention

There are many natural enemies, such as toads, snakes, mice, hedgehogs, wild cats, sparrows, and mantises. Microorganisms such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and entomogenous algae are also parasitic. In addition, pollution caused by floods and pesticides and fertilizers is also harmful to nymphs (cicadas) or cicadas, so you must pay attention to protection during the breeding process.

3. Production facilities

Build production facilities for adults and nymphs. In addition to naturally collecting cicada eggs, set up gauze sheds to provide space for cicada adults to lay eggs. Abandoned fruit trees in orchards can be used to replant fruit seedlings. Use cement pillars or bamboo sticks to erect fences around them, lay iron wire in the middle, and cover them with nylon gauze outside. The adults that have emerged or been collected can mate and lay eggs inside. In the future, the number of adults can be retained according to needs, without having to collect seed sources in the wild.

4. Harvesting and processing

The best season for field harvest is from mid-to-late June (around the summer solstice) to early August (around the beginning of autumn), and the weather is most concentrated in early July or after rain. If the insect uses a pair of serrated front legs to dig a hole in the wet and soft ground, it will do a short movement on the ground after crawling out of the ground, and then prepare to shed its shell on the tree trunk or trellis at the edge of the fan, and will emerge as a cicada at 4-6 o'clock the next morning. It can be illuminated by a flashlight, and search and catch on the ground and tree trunks under the tree at night, or catch the newly emerged tender cicadas on the tree in the morning.

When is the best time to catch cicadas (larvae of cicadas)?

The medicinal value of golden cicada is actually very high. Every summer, many people go to catch golden cicadas, and everyone is very enthusiastic when catching golden cicadas. Because if the golden cicada is sold, it can be sold at a very good price, and the price of each golden cicada can reach about one yuan, so many rural areas will go out to catch golden cicadas at night. But seeing this, everyone may have a question, if the golden cicada is so expensive, will many people catch it? It is true, because there are many people catching golden cicadas in every season, and the amount they catch is very considerable.

Because cicada is a traditional Chinese medicine, it is available in many pharmacies. In addition to being a traditional Chinese medicine, it is also one of the essential foods in people's daily lives. After being caught, many golden toads gradually come to the dining table, becoming an important part of people's daily lives. Moreover, the nutritional value of cicada is very high. It contains rich protein, which can enhance people's resistance and improve people's immunity. Therefore, cicada is a very good thing. Many people go to catch cicada every year.

Seeing this, you may have a question. Since the golden cicada is so expensive, when is it easier to catch the golden cicada? In fact, it is easier to catch the golden cicada in summer, because it takes 3 to 4 years for the golden cicada to grow from the initial small eggs to adults. During this period, the process is constantly growing, and it often appears in July and August every summer, so it is very easy to catch the golden cicada during this period. If you want to catch the golden toad or have the idea of ​​raising the golden toad, you can try it during this period. I believe you will get very good results. If you want to raise it, you can catch the eggs of the golden cicada on the tree in August and September, put it in the soil, and bury it for a period of time to produce adults.

From mid-to-late June (around the summer solstice) to early August (around the beginning of autumn), cicadas are abundant. There is a custom of catching cicadas with a flashlight at night. Every night, adults and children go to the woods or orchards with flashlights to catch cicadas. Some of the cicadas are taken home to eat, and some are sold to buyers that night.

Under natural conditions, the cicada usually completes one generation in 3-5 years. The eggs are concentrated on the young branches of the current year or two years old and on the roots of plants in the soil. The overwintering eggs begin to hatch in mid-May of the following year, and the peak hatching period is from late May to early June, and the hatching activity ends in late June. The activities of the overwintering nymphs are most affected by the ground temperature and the sap of the host plant. When the temperature is higher than 10-15℃, the overwintering nymphs will begin to pierce and suck food. Mature nymphs drill out of the soil by themselves from mid-June to early August, and the peak period of emergence is 15-20 days. Generally, they start to lay eggs about 20 days after the adults emerge from early July to early August. The peak period of egg laying is from mid-July to mid-August, and the egg laying basically ends from mid-September to early October. They begin to die in early November, completing the cycle of their lives.

The best time to catch cicadas is in the evening, which takes more than an hour from about 7pm to 8pm. To catch cicadas, you need to consider their living habits. Generally, they come out of their holes around 7pm. At this time, they usually move around on the ground or around the roots of trees, so you need to make full use of your eyesight to catch them. When it gets a little dark, a large number of cicadas will frequently climb trees. They can't climb high and are usually below 2 meters. At this time, you can catch them. Don't stay on a tree for too long. There are cicadas on many trees. You can find them quickly and move forward to find more cicadas. At the same time, try to avoid crowded places so that you can catch more cicadas.

There are more golden cicadas in June to August every summer. If you want to catch golden cicadas better, it is best to set the clock for one hour between 7 and 8 pm, because this is the time when the golden cicadas come out of their holes.

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