CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Experience in breeding golden cicadas (Experience in breeding golden cicadas)

1. What are the techniques and methods for breeding cicadas?

Cicada breeding method:

1. Golden cicadas are mainly raised under forests. Poplars, willows, elms and various fruit trees can meet their growth needs. Pay attention to trimming high branches to facilitate reproduction.

2. A greenhouse should be built before the cicada emerges from the ground. For breeding, a plot with high and dry terrain and convenient irrigation and drainage should be selected. It is forbidden to build a breeding greenhouse in a low-lying plot that is prone to water accumulation.

3. Cicada eggs are mainly made of white wax strips, and cicada egg larvae feed on the juice of plant roots. It is best to choose an area with many roots.

2. How to plant cicadas?

The first step in breeding treatment is to prepare a suitable living environment for the cicadas and pick fresh resin for them. Cicadas feed on tree sap.

Farming area

Cicadas are mainly bred under forests. Their growth needs can be met under various fruit trees and timber trees. There is no need to invest in building sites or houses, and there is no need to purchase other breeding facilities. Forest resources are abundant, and it is generally difficult to interplant crops under fruit trees and other trees that are more than three years old. Cicada breeding makes use of the space under trees and grows by sucking the sap from the roots. It can be said that this develops breeding without affecting the growth of trees, killing two birds with one stone. The entire breeding process does not require feeding management, epidemic prevention, etc., and does not occupy labor. If the technology and sales of cicada breeding are solved, cicada breeding is a good project for laid-off workers to develop re-employment and for farmers to engage in the tertiary industry.

Egg collection

The eggs are collected after the cicadas lay eggs in autumn, usually around the seventh month of the lunar calendar. The cicadas use the small thorns on their tails to pierce the tender branches of one-year-old trees and lay their eggs inside the branches, mostly on juicy branches such as fruit trees. After laying eggs, the branches will dry up, so most branches with green lower ends and dry tips have cicada eggs.

Post-harvest processing

After collecting the branches with cicada eggs, remove the dry leaves, cut off the two ends, and bundle thirty branches into a bundle. Spread a layer of sand on the bottom of a large washing basin, and put the bundled branches upright in the basin. Keep the temperature at 28-34 degrees and the humidity moist. Spray it when it is dry. Use a sprayer to spray the branches until they are thoroughly wet.

incubation

The larvae will hatch in about fifteen days. At this time, you will see some larvae crawling up and down on the branches. When about 20% of the larvae have hatched, they should be buried. The burial pit should be selected in an area with many fine and soft hair roots so that the larvae can absorb nutrients from the roots. It is best to choose a plot where honeysuckle is planted. In a plastic pot that is 10 cm long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high, spread 5 to 10 cm thick fine dry sand on the bottom, place the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it, and constantly spray mist with a small sprayer to maintain high humidity in the air around the branches of the golden cicada eggs so that excess water droplets are absorbed in the fine sand at the bottom. During the incubation period, the hatching status of the golden cicada eggs should be checked continuously. When a small number of golden cicada larvae are found to be active, the branches and fine sand can be placed in the breeding site for planting.

sowing

Dig the pit into a strip shape, the depth should be mainly to the hairy roots, and the width should be one shovel. Put the branches with hatched larvae into the pit, and the larvae will hug the plant roots by themselves. Be gentle and slow when returning the soil. Do not step on the soil after returning it, and do not water it to ensure ventilation.

Sowing time

Planting time is generally from May to July or from September to October. Dig regular narrow trenches about 10 to 30 cm deep about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and harvesting. Cover the soil and compact it after "planting", and keep records of the time, quantity, "planting" trench shape and depth. It should be sunny and frost-proof, with soft, fertile and pollution-free soil; it should not be too dry, nor should it have too high water content or water accumulation, to ensure the normal growth and development of the host plant root system, and the young plants should be tender, developed and juicy. In winter, wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, etc. should be covered in the planting area to maintain the ground temperature.

Harvest

If there are trees, wrap a circle of transparent tape at one meter to prevent the cicadas from climbing high to metamorphose. Cicadas become adults 15-18 months from the date of sowing.

collection

Cicada eggs are mainly made of wax strips, and cicada egg larvae feed on the juice of plant roots, so it is best to choose a multi-root area when burying. Each branch contains 100-400 cicada eggs, so 500-800 branches per mu are appropriate to ensure the survival rate. Using this method to grow golden cicadas advances the original growth period of 3-15 years to 18 months, the incubation period is increased from the original one year to about 35 days, and the survival rate is increased from the original 6% to about 30%-60%. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for breeding in rural areas.

The life span of adult cicadas is very short, only 2-4 weeks.

3. What is the most effective way to raise cicadas?

1. Breeding base

Cicadas are mainly bred under forests. Their growth needs can be met under various fruit trees and timber trees. Generally, fruit trees over three years old and other trees can be used as breeding places for cicadas. This type of wood contains more juice and is very suitable.

2. Collecting eggs

After collecting the branches with cicada eggs, remove the dry leaves, cut off the two ends, and bundle thirty branches into a bundle. Spread a layer of sand on the bottom of a large washing basin, and put the bundled branches upright in the basin. Keep the temperature at 28-34 degrees Celsius and the humidity at 60%. Spray it when it is dry. Use a sprayer to spray the branches until they are thoroughly wet.

3. Incubate

The larvae will hatch in about fifteen days. During the hatching period, the eggs of the cicada should be checked continuously. If a small number of cicada larvae are found active, the branches and fine sand can be placed in the breeding place and buried with soil.

4. Breeding environment

In the process of breeding cicadas, it is necessary to maintain suitable temperature and humidity, especially in the hot summer season. Ventilation and moisture retention are required to prevent the cicada's shell from drying out and cracking. In winter, incense should be burned in the garden to prevent the cicada from suffering from frost damage.