CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the natural enemies of locusts?

1. What are the natural enemies of locusts?

The natural enemies of locusts are frogs and birds.

Almost all frogs are natural enemies of locusts. Frogs and locusts live in the same type of ecological environment. Low-lying areas, ponds, ditches, etc. with reeds and weeds are good living places for them.

Therefore, frogs are the restrictive lizards, commonly known as four-legged snakes, snake aunts, etc., which are distributed all over the world, mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Their living environments are diverse, mainly terrestrial, but there are also arboreal, semi-aquatic and burrowing in the soil. Most of them feed on insects.

Locusts soar:

my country was once the country that suffered the most from locust plagues in the world. According to statistics from the History of Famine Relief in China, locust plagues occurred every 8.8 years on average during the Qin and Han dynasties, 3.5 years during the Song dynasty, 1.6 years during the Yuan dynasty, and 2.8 years during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The scope and number of people affected were the highest in the world.

However, in recent decades, locust plagues have occurred from time to time in our country, but they have all been well controlled, and this is inseparable from the contribution of Chinese foodies.

According to experiments conducted by the Institute of Biology, locust protein accounts for 75% of its body weight (dry weight), which is a high-quality protein. Because locusts are nutritious and tender, a dish made with locusts has appeared in Chinese restaurants - "Flying Locust Tengda", which is very popular among the public. As for the taste, it is not an exaggeration to say that "the kids next door are crying with envy"!

However, since it is difficult to catch locusts in the wild, businesses often cultivate them to satisfy the appetites of foodies. According to industry insiders, the current price of one pound of locusts is about 35 yuan, which is about 2 to 3 times the price of pork.

2. Green Grasshopper's Diet

Wild grasshoppers have a varied diet and will eat green plants with thick leaves, including sweet potatoes, cabbage, water spinach, corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, paddy, reeds, dogtooth grass, and sea urchin, so prevention and control should be strengthened when planting crops.

Artificially bred grasshoppers have a wide range of diets. In addition to eating green plants with thick leaves, they also eat artificially prepared green feeds, such as monocotyledonous grass, pointed-leaf grass, ryegrass, corn grass, bran, and chaff feed, etc., but they mainly eat grass plants. Therefore, during the breeding period, try to plant some green grass to prevent insufficient food and damage to crops.

Additional information:

Grasshopper farming

The cost of breeding grasshoppers is very low. For them, all green plants can be food, so their daily feed is tender grass and tender vegetable leaves, which can basically maintain their normal growth. But if you want the grasshoppers to grow faster and fatter, you can add some corn kernels, wheat, sorghum, millet, wheat straw powder and other more nutritious foods.

It is reported that grasshoppers are edible, medicinal and nourishing, and their artificial breeding has broad prospects. Many large feed manufacturers also grind grasshoppers into powder as animal feed additives. The market price of grasshoppers can reach 40 to 60 yuan per catty. Grasshoppers have strong breeding ability and grow very quickly. One batch can be raised every 50 days, and four batches can be raised in a year. The yield of a shed is about 60 catties, and the income of each shed is about 3,000 yuan.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Grasshopper

Reference source: People's Daily Online - Raising grasshoppers in greenhouses in Qunfu Village has led to wealth

The green grasshopper has a slender body, large transparent wings like gauze, and a light green body, like an emerald. This beautiful insect has a very good diet - omnivorous, it can eat everything, fruits and vegetables, and it does not abstain from meat. Its favorite food is cicada dipped in sugar.

They prey on cicadas, prey that is much larger than themselves. They are braver than birds. Birds only catch smaller prey than themselves, while green grasshoppers catch larger prey than themselves. Their attacks are short and fatal. The cicada only has time to scream before it dies. The green grasshoppers get supplies from the corpses. They cut open the stomachs of cicadas and look for delicious syrup. They love sweets, and cicada meat dipped in sugar is a rare delicacy. However, they are not warlike. Apart from predation, neighbors live in peace. Occasionally, there will be a small food war. As long as one party is full and leaves, the battle will end immediately. Cannibalism will only occur when the other party becomes a corpse. It is very peaceful.

3. Where can I buy grasshoppers in Kunming and how much do they cost?

The first store in Donghua Xinying Farmers Market on Bailong Road sells it, 30 yuan per pound

There are several people selling it at Juhua Village Farmers Market every day for about 30 yuan per kilogram and the price is negotiable.

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