CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Can you feed mealworms with cow dung?

1. Can you use cow dung to raise mealworms?

Mealworms can consume plant crude fiber and should be able to be fed with cow dung.

However, cow dung needs to be processed in advance, sterilized, and added with other necessary nutrients.

2. Can mealworm feces be fed to cows? Can breeding cows eat it directly?

Wide range of uses of mealworms:

1. Biological feed for breeding rare animals

1. Rare birds, thrushes, parrots, larks, etc.

2. Rare animals, golden coin turtles, forest frogs, scorpions, toads, and turtles.

3. Rare fish, precious tropical fish, goldfish

2. Extraction of high-grade chitin

1. Used in medical care, it has opened up a new field of human health care, anti-aging and nourishing medicines.

2. High-end nourishing cosmetics have a wide market demand among female customers who want beauty and skin care, and beautiful and beautiful skin.

3. Environmentally friendly biological fertilizer

1. Mealworm manure is a high-grade biological fertilizer, rich in 3.37% nitrogen, 1.04% phosphorus, and contains seven elements: zinc, boron, manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium and copper. It can be applied directly.

2. Mix with other materials to form bio-compound fertilizer.

3. Insect feces can be used as feed additives for large mammals such as pigs, cattle and sheep.

4. Go directly to the table for human consumption

1. Rich in various amino acids, providing animal amino acids that humans cannot synthesize.

2. Both adults and pupae can be directly made into a variety of dishes.

3. Adults and pupae can be made into canned food, shrimp powder, etc.

3. If mealworm feces is used as fertilizer, will insects grow in the soil?

No. Mealworms are warehouse pests that are not resistant to sunlight, radiant temperatures, and high humidity, and cannot survive in nature.

Mealworms, also known as mealworms, belong to the order Coleoptera, family Pseudocephagidae, genus Pseudocephagidae in insect taxonomy. Originally from North America, they were introduced to my country from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. Dried mealworms contain 30% fat and more than 50% protein. They also contain macroelements such as phosphorus, potassium, iron, sodium, and aluminum, as well as a variety of trace elements. Dried mealworm larvae contain about 40% protein, pupae contain 57%, and adults contain 60% (according to the Chinese Medicine Science and Technology News). They are known as the "treasure trove of protein feed."

Yellow mealworm is a holometabolous insect. Its life cycle (referring to a growth cycle) can be divided into four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. It is milky white, very small, about 1-2 mm long, 0.5 mm in diameter, and oval. There is an eggshell outside the egg, which is relatively thin and plays a protective role. The egg fluid is white milky mucus. The egg is divided into: eggshell, egg nucleus, yolk, and protoplasm. It is shiny yellow, about 35 mm long, about 3 mm wide, and cylindrical. It has thirteen segments. There are yellow-brown rings at the connection between each segment. The ventral surface is light yellow. It is named yellow mealworm for this reason. The head and thorax are relatively short in proportion to the insect body, about 1/5 of the body. The body is straight, the skin is hard, and it is thicker in the middle. The last segment of the abdomen is smaller. The head suture is U-shaped, and the mouth is flat. The tail is pointed and curved upward.

After the larvae of mealworms grow to 50 days, they are about 2-3 cm long and begin to pupate. The pupa has a large head and a small tail. The head is basically the same shape, and the two legs (thin wings) are pressed against the chest. The sides of the pupa are serrated and angular. The pupa is white and translucent at first, and the body is relatively soft. It gradually turns brown and then hardens. After a week at a temperature above 25℃, the pupa molts into an adult. The adult is milky white when it just molts, and the carapace is very thin. It turns yellow after ten hours.

Brown, dark brown, shiny, oval, about 14 mm long and 6 mm wide, the carapace becomes thick and hard, and it is fully mature. After mating, it lays eggs for the second generation of reproduction. The insect body is divided into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. The head of the adult has one more pair of antennae than the head of the larva, and the antennae are five times longer than the larvae. The adult has three pairs of legs, located on the thorax, and the length of the legs is 8 to 10 times longer than that of the larva. Each foot has two claws and there are hairs on the toes. There are several vertical stripes on the back wings. Although the adult has a pair of beautiful wings, it can only fly short distances. The wings protect the body on the one hand and help crawl on the other.

4. Is there anyone who raises mealworms? Can you tell me how much profit it can bring?

That’s right! Last year I made a net profit of 1 million yuan! Now I don’t make much!

5. How to ferment mealworm feces?

To ferment mealworm excrement, wet it and add an appropriate amount of enzyme for washing, stir it evenly, seal it and leave it for one to two days, then release the generated gas and continue to seal it, repeat several times.

The enzyme for washing can be obtained by fermenting 1 part brown sugar, 3 parts vegetable and fruit peels and 10 parts water in a plastic bottle. (Note that gas should be released during the fermentation process, and the bottle should be shaken frequently to ensure even fermentation. At the same time, pay attention to safety to prevent gas expansion from injuring people.)