CATDOLL : CATDOLL:How to raise cicadas at home?

1. How to raise cicadas at home?

We know that cicadas are what we call cicadas in summer, and they can make very loud calls in summer, sometimes all day long without getting annoyed. However, many people catch wild cicadas in summer, and some people specialize in breeding them because they can be eaten as food. So how should we raise cicadas?

When raising cicadas, we must know the environment in which they grow, because we know that cicadas grow on trees around us, so when we raise cicadas, we should also find an environment similar to a forest for them, so that they can grow quickly on it. However, if there are no such conditions, we suggest that we first create a fruit forest, so that there will be branches, and we can both harvest fruits and raise cicadas.

Then we know that cicadas have eggs, and they can reproduce their offspring through their own eggs, but they usually reproduce in summer, so we should buy the types of eggs we need in the summer. Because there are people who raise them specifically, we can buy them from people who specialize in breeding them, or we can look for them in the wild. Because when cicadas lay eggs, their habitat is different from other places. We can see at a glance that the egg-laying ground is relatively dry.

After we collect its eggs, we need to make a relatively clean nest for it, and then collect it and put it in a small sand basin, so that we can sprinkle it with a little water every day. Waiting for the birth of the little cicada, after it comes out, its young cicada slowly begins its own activities. At this time, we need to find a lot of leaves and let it climb on the leaves, just like the cicada, and then we put it in the environment prepared in advance and let it grow slowly.

What we need is a closed environment. In this closed environment, if we don't take precautions, the cicada may escape by itself. So we need to use some wire mesh above its branches, but we must make sure that these are breathable, because it still needs to breathe air. It's just that the holes we make are relatively small, so we don't have to worry about the cicada getting out. In this way, we can slowly breed it.

In winter, we'd better build a greenhouse for it, because the winter environment can no longer meet its survival needs. We need to put it in the saplings in the greenhouse, so that it can grow slowly, and it will shed its skin every year, and when it sheds its shell, it grows every time. It is not recommended to raise cicadas in winter, because it is more strenuous in winter, and it prefers a high temperature environment. Generally, it likes it in summer. If the weather turns a little cooler, it can't adapt. So we have to pay attention to the temperature regulation in the greenhouse, and also pay attention that although it needs light, it must also need some humid environment, otherwise why would it hide under the leaves.

When raising cicadas at home, you can put in fresh poplar branches, willow branches, etc.

When cicadas are thirsty and hungry, they always use their hard mouthparts to insert into the tree trunks and suck the juice all day long, absorbing a large amount of nutrients and water into their bodies to prolong their lifespan. Cicadas grow in the soil before they mature, and then slowly dig holes and climb on the tree trunks. If you find a hole with mud in it, there must be a young cicada. Cicadas shed their shells at night while lying on the tree trunks, and after shedding the shells, they have wings.

After catching a cicada in the summer, you should first put it in a sealed but breathable container to prevent it from escaping. Then you can prepare fresh branches for it to absorb juice so that it can survive normally, but the life span of an adult cicada is very short, generally around 60 to 70 days.

2. What do you eat?

Cicadas use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to pierce the bark of tree trunks to suck sap.

What cicadas eat outdoors and indoors will be different. In the wild, cicadas mainly rely on sucking plant sap to survive, while indoors, they can be provided with branches, leaves, soybeans, corn and other foods. Female cicadas are recommended for domestic cicadas, which do not make noisy cicada sounds.

Foods to eat

Cicadas mainly feed on the sap of trees and other plants. Cicadas live in the soil as larvae and survive by sucking sap from the roots of plants.

The same is true for adult cicadas. They will insert their sharp, needle-like mouths into tree trunks, crops or other plant trunks, and suck juice all day long to replenish nutrients and water.

When raising cicadas at home, you can provide them with food such as branches and leaves, soybeans, corn, and even morning dew. If you want to raise cicadas at home, it is recommended to raise female cicadas, as female cicadas do not make sharp cicada sounds.

3. What do cicadas eat when they are kept at home?

When raising cicadas at home, you can feed them fresh poplar branches, willow branches, etc.

When cicadas are thirsty and hungry, they always use their hard mouthparts to insert into the tree trunks and suck the juice all day long, absorbing a large amount of nutrients and water into their bodies to prolong their lifespan. Cicadas grow in the soil before they mature, and then slowly dig holes and climb on the tree trunks. If you find a hole with mud in it, there must be a young cicada. Cicadas shed their shells at night while lying on the tree trunks, and after shedding the shells, they have wings.

Cicada larvae live in the soil and have a pair of strong digging forelegs. They use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to suck sap from the roots of plants, weakening the tree, causing branches to die and affecting tree growth.

Additional information:

Cicadas are distributed in temperate and tropical regions, and live in deserts, grasslands, and forests. In addition to the cicadas of the genus Cicada, which appear in midsummer every year, there are also periodic cicadas. The most famous periodic cicadas are the seventeen-year cicada and the thirteen-year cicada, also known as prime cicadas. Because their life cycle is a prime number, they will not encounter the natural enemies that the previous generation encountered.

Periodic cicadas occur in large numbers in certain areas at regular intervals, when dozens to hundreds of dark brown cicada larvae emerge from the soil together to emerge, creating a spectacular sight. Some species are easier to identify based on their calls, behavior, and morphology.

When raising cicadas at home, you can put in fresh poplar branches, willow branches, etc.

When cicadas are thirsty and hungry, they always use their hard mouthparts to insert into the tree trunks and suck the juice all day long, absorbing a large amount of nutrients and water into their bodies to prolong their lifespan. Cicadas grow in the soil before they mature, and then slowly dig holes and climb on the tree trunks. If you find a hole with mud in it, there must be a young cicada. Cicadas shed their shells at night while lying on the tree trunks, and after shedding the shells, they have wings.

Just as in the wild, it feeds on sap from trees such as poplar, willow, elm or various fruit trees.

Cicadas have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Both adults and nymphs of cicadas use their mouthparts to pierce the plant epidermis and suck the juice from plant tissues.

Cicadas are hatched from cicada eggs. When they are just hatched, they are the size of ants and are milky white. Therefore, they can also be called "cicada ants". After hatching, cicadas will crawl underground along the trees, burrow into the soil, and grow by sucking the sap from the roots of the trees.