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How much does a pound of dried centipedes cost?

More than 200 yuan per pound

The purchase price of dried centipedes is about 300 yuan per catty.

Centipedes are afraid of sunlight, hide during the day and come out at night. They like to live in dark, warm, rain-proof and well-ventilated places. Centipedes like to live in hilly areas and sandy areas. During the day, they hide in the gaps between bricks and stones, at the foot of the wall, and in dark corners of piles of leaves, weeds and rotten wood. At night, they come out to eat caterpillars, spiders, cockroaches, etc. Generally, when the weather turns cold in October, they burrow into the soil on the sunny slopes of the leeward side, hide in the soil about 12 cm below the ground to hibernate until the next year after the Waking of Insects (early March), and then start to move around and look for food as the weather warms up.

Centipedes have a strong ability to drill into cracks. They often use their sensitive antennae and flat head plates to probe cracks. They can pass through or live in most cracks in rocks and land. When the density is too high or there are too many disturbances, they may fight each other and die. However, under artificial breeding conditions, if there is sufficient bait and drinking water, dozens of centipedes can live together.

Centipede is a typical carnivorous animal with a wide range of food, especially insects. In early spring when food is scarce, it can also eat a small amount of grass and young shoots of moss.

Artificial breeding

1. Reproduction characteristics. The life span of centipedes is only 6 years. After maturity, they usually mate in the early morning after rain in March to May and July to August. They start laying eggs after 40 days. The female centipedes lay eggs on their backs so that they can hatch in time. Each female centipede lays eggs for 2 to 3 hours at a time, and lays 30 to 60 eggs each time. The surface of the eggs is rich in mucus, and the eggs stick together to form egg masses. During the incubation period, the female centipede does not eat or drink until the young centipedes hatch and then grow into adults.

2. Feed. Centipedes are typical carnivores with a wide range of diets. They especially like to eat various insects, such as mealworms, crickets, beetles, termites, cicadas, dragonflies, spiders, flies, bees, and their eggs, pupae, and larvae. They also eat worms, earthworms, snails, and meat and cartilage of various livestock and aquatic animals. They also eat fruit peels, potatoes, carrots, tender vegetables, etc. Milk and bread can also be used as food for centipedes.

3. Construction of breeding pond. Artificial breeding of centipedes can be done in tanks, pools, etc. For tank breeding, use old tile tanks or ceramic tanks, preferably with a diameter of more than 0.5 meters, bury the mouth downwards in the soil for about 20 centimeters, and compact the soil outside. Use bricks or adobes to build up the middle of the tank, about 10 centimeters lower than the tank surface, leaving a certain gap between the adobes and the tank wall. If you use a complete tank, do not knock off the bottom, and directly build adobes in the tank. A tank with a diameter of 80 centimeters can hold about 200 adult centipedes.

Centipedes must be bred in a three-dimensional manner, and the centipede pool must be built to be suitable for centipede survival. When building a pool, the breeding pool should be built in a sunny, ventilated, drained, damp, and secluded place. It can be built indoors or outdoors. It is built with bricks or stones, and the surface is cemented. The pool is 80 cm high. The size of the breeding pool is optional, generally 5 to 10 square meters. Paste a smooth and intact plastic film on the inside of the pool mouth, or use glass sheets to form a circle of about 15 cm wide and at right angles to the pool wall. There are about 50 centipedes bred in 1 square meter. No more than 100.

IV. Key points of management. 1. Prevent centipedes from escaping. Centipedes are impatient and can easily escape if preventive measures are not in place. 2. Pay attention to the stocking density. Centipedes must be divided into groups and pools according to their length and size. 3. Manage the temperature, humidity, and light to keep the environment quiet. 4. Keep the feed clean and hygienic. Do not feed baits contaminated with pesticides. 5. Observe frequently to prevent the natural enemies of centipedes from entering the breeding pond. 6. Prevent food and soil from mildew. 7. Remove sick centipedes in time.

Farming technology

1. Cultivation in boxes. The breeding boxes are made of wooden boards. The size is preferably 55 cm long, 45 cm wide and 30 cm high. A layer of non-toxic plastic film is pasted on the inner wall of the box, and the box mouth is equipped with a box cover made of iron gauze. After the box is made, it is placed in an appropriate position indoors. Multiple boxes are arranged in a row. Multiple layers of tiles are placed at the bottom of the box. The distance between the tiles is about 1.5 cm. Cement is used to pad the feet around. Usually 5 to 6 tiles are stacked in a stack. In this way, the gaps between the tiles can be used for centipedes to live. Before the tiles are placed in the box, they must be washed with water and absorb enough water to create a humid environment for centipedes. And after a certain period of time, a batch of pre-made new tiles are replaced to keep them moist and clean.

2. Cultivate in a jar, usually a ceramic jar with a diameter of 50 to 60 cm wide and 80 to 100 cm high. Place it in a suitable position indoors, and put a layer of gravel or broken tiles at the bottom of the jar. Cover it with a 30 cm thick layer of fertile garden soil, slightly level it, and stack tiles on the soil surface in a box-cultivation manner. The top layer of tiles should be about 20 cm away from the jar mouth, and a wire gauze cover should be used to prevent the centipede from escaping.

3. Pond culture is to build a pond indoors or outdoors for breeding. The pond is made of brick and cement. The environment in the pond should be warm, cool, humid and quiet. Generally, each indoor pond is about 2 square meters in area, rectangular, and 50 to 60 cm high. The inner wall is smoothed with cement without any gaps, and lined with agricultural film, or a circle of 20 cm wide glass is inlaid above the pond. No cement is laid on the bottom of the pond. First, a layer of small soil blocks about 10 cm thick is laid, and then 5 to 6 layers of tiles are piled on it. There is a 1.5 cm gap between the tiles for centipedes to live and lay eggs and hatch. In cold weather areas, a 50 to 60 cm deep pit can be dug at a certain distance from the wall on the inside of the pond wall. Stones, broken bricks and tiles are piled in the pit to create gaps for centipedes to overwinter. The pond mouth is covered with iron gauze or plastic gauze.

In rural areas, there are vendors who buy centipedes for two yuan each. What do they do with them after purchasing them?

Centipedes have medicinal value. Vendors will buy them for two yuan each and then sell them at a unified price to make a profit. Most vendors will also prepare centipedes, such as drying them in the sun and tying them straight with bamboo sticks. This way, the appearance is better and they can be sold at a higher price. This kind of medicine is basically used in traditional Chinese medicine or used to soak in wine. You may have accidentally drunk similar traditional Chinese medicine or used wine soaked in centipedes. For example, after being beaten, there will be bruises on the body. Rubbing it with centipede wine can have the effect of removing blood stasis.

Many parents remind their children that centipedes are poisonous and not to touch them, but this poisonous centipede can be sold for a good price. When the weather is hot, many people will go to the wild with flashlights to look for it. Because centipedes are nocturnal animals, they sleep during the day and come out at night. When catching centipedes, you must protect yourself and don't get bit by centipedes, otherwise it will be very painful, and the skin near the wound will swell, which looks very scary. In fact, purchasing centipedes is like collecting waste. They mainly sell in large quantities. Farmers have no channels to sell centipedes, so they can only sell them to these vendors and get a little money. A large number of centipedes will be sold by vendors to pharmacies or other companies in need, which makes a lot of money.

Some farmers not only sell centipedes, but also use some of them to make wine. Because farmers often do farm work, they may suffer from back pain, or accidentally slip their waist. At this time, rubbing the skin with medicinal wine will make the skin feel warmer, which can promote blood circulation and relieve back pain. The demand for reactive power in the market is actually relatively large, but breeding is difficult and the technology is not mature, so it is mainly purchased from various places.

In fact, you can earn a good income by catching centipedes in the summer. People with good skills may be able to catch dozens or even a hundred centipedes in one night and make a lot of money.

They can be sold. Some people like to eat centipedes, and centipedes can also be made into various delicacies.

After purchasing them, they will take them to the medicinal materials market to sell them, because centipedes have certain medicinal value and can be used as medicine.

These centipedes will be used to make some medicines and will also be sold. After all, centipedes have high medicinal value.