CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to breed golden cicadas (How to breed golden cicadas)

1. How to breed golden cicada?

The golden cicada is a representative species of Cicadidae insects. It is rich in nutrients and has high medicinal value. In particular, the skin of the golden cicada is a traditional Chinese medicine, and the idiom "golden cicada sheds its shell" also comes from it. Although the cicada's living territory is getting smaller and smaller, the number of golden cicadas in nature has not decreased significantly; now in order to meet market demand, it is basically obtained through artificial breeding methods.

The cultivation and preservation technology of golden cicada eggs greatly improves the survival rate of the eggs

Next, we will explain to you in detail about the cultivation and preservation technology of cicada eggs.

1. Selecting and breeding trees

Dwarf fruit trees such as apricot trees, peach trees, apple trees or other waxy dwarf shrubs are good trees for cicada breeding. Pay attention to timely pruning of high branches to facilitate breeding management, interplant fruit tree seedlings in the gaps between trees to increase the branches for cicada egg laying, and plant cicada eggs under the trees.

The cultivation and preservation technology of golden cicada eggs greatly improves the survival rate of the eggs

2. Construction of breeding greenhouse

Before the cicadas are about to emerge, build breeding greenhouses, with an area of ​​1 mu each. Use cement columns or bamboo sticks to build fences around the breeding area, with a row spacing of 5 meters. Use bamboo poles to build a frame in the middle, and then pull iron wire to fix it, and then cover it with nylon window screens. For breeding, choose high and dry land with convenient drainage and irrigation. Avoid building breeding greenhouses in low-lying land that is prone to water accumulation.

The cultivation and preservation technology of golden cicada eggs greatly improves the survival rate of the eggs

3. Pest management and epidemic prevention

After the cicadas emerge from the ground, they have a strong tendency to move towards light. In the early stage, they should be waited until they have emerged as adults before entering the greenhouse. When catching them, the emerging cicadas will fly around and bump into the light, causing the death of the seed insects. Therefore, all the cicadas that have emerged from the ground within the first week can be caught, and they can be allowed to naturally emerge and lay eggs after a week. The seed density is about 10,000 per mu, with males and females accounting for about 50% each. Each female cicada can lay 500-1500 eggs. Each greenhouse can provide about 20 mu of cicadas for breeding. The cicadas can mate and lay eggs about 20 days after emerging. When laying eggs, the cicadas pierce the epidermis of the branches and lay eggs in the wood. Try not to walk around or make noise in the greenhouse during the mating and egg-laying period of the cicadas to avoid adverse effects on the cicadas.

The cultivation and preservation technology of golden cicada eggs greatly improves the survival rate of the eggs

Since there are many natural enemies of nymphs (cicada turtles) after they emerge from the soil and adults after they emerge from the molt, such as toads, sparrows and mantises, protection work should be done in the greenhouse. In addition, the screens should be checked frequently to see if they are damaged to prevent the golden cicada from escaping. Microorganisms such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Entomogenetic algae (cicadae) can cause parasitic damage to the golden cicada seed insects, so protection should be strengthened during breeding. During the period when mature nymphs emerge from the soil, the egg stage under the tree and the period when cicada ants occur, the main natural enemies of the golden cicada are ants and red flower bugs, which must be strictly prevented. Strong ammonia can be used for soil treatment.

4. Collect and store the eggs

In addition to collecting cicada eggs naturally, you can build a gauze greenhouse to provide space for adults to lay eggs. You can use the fruit trees in abandoned orchards to replant fruit tree seedlings, and use cement columns or bamboo sticks to build fences around them, and then pull iron wires in the middle, and cover the outside with nylon window screens. The adults that have emerged or been collected can mate and lay eggs in it, and you can keep the number of adults as needed later, without having to collect seed sources from the wild.

The cultivation and preservation technology of golden cicada eggs greatly improves the survival rate of the eggs

Early to late September is the best season for harvesting cicada eggs in the breeding greenhouse. You can use fruit branch shears or a long pole with a hook on the top to cut off the 1-2 year old thin, dry and incomplete surface of the tree, and the subcutaneous wood with a large number of milky white long oval eggs, which are cicada eggs. Cut off the excess eggless dead branches above the egg-laying nest, leave 5-10 cm eggless branches below the egg-laying nest, and bundle 50-100 branches into a small bundle, put them in a plastic bag or stack them flat in the hatching room, and then use them for seed after natural treatment.

I will not go into details about the subsequent breeding techniques of cicadas. If you want to know more, we are updating the technology of cicada breeding. Of course, if you have any questions about other breeding aspects, you can also leave a message and we can discuss and learn together.

2. How to breed cicada monkeys?

1. Breeding trees: When raising cicada monkeys, you need to choose plants with well-developed root systems and lush growth as breeding trees.

2. Collect insect eggs: Collect cicada turtle eggs in August and September every year, and then bury the cicada turtle eggs under the breeding trees and wait for them to hatch.

3. Breeding method: When larvae are found moving in the egg branches, the branches should be buried under the breeding trees. A breeding greenhouse should be built before the cicada monkeys emerge to facilitate the collection of cicada monkeys.

3. Cicada breeding and reproduction techniques?

Cicada breeding methods: 1. Cicadas are mainly bred under forests. Poplars, willows, elms and various fruit trees can meet their growth needs.

1. Pay attention to trimming high branches to facilitate breeding. 2. Build a greenhouse before the golden cicada emerges from the ground. Choose a high and dry land with convenient drainage and irrigation for breeding. Do not build a breeding greenhouse in a low-lying land that is easy to store water. 3. Cicada eggs are mainly white wax strips. Cicada egg larvae feed on the juice of plant roots. It is best to choose a place with many roots.

4. What are the methods for hatching cicadas?

There are many ways to hatch cicada eggs, but the most commonly used are the three-dimensional incubation method and the incubation box incubation method.

The three-dimensional incubation method saves more incubation space and is the most commonly used method for large-scale breeding enterprises to incubate cicada eggs. The incubation box incubation method is generally used by ordinary breeders, after all, it does not require special equipment for incubation.

5. How to hatch cicada eggs naturally at home?

Collect the branches with eggs directly from the wild or from the seed source site and gather them indoors to promote hatching. Hatching method: In a plastic box 70 cm long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high, spread 5 to 10 cm thick fine dry sand on the bottom, put the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it, and spray mist with a small sprayer to keep the air around the branches with eggs high humidity so that excess water droplets are absorbed in the fine sand at the bottom. The hatching of eggs should be checked continuously in the middle. When nymph activity is found, the branches and fine sand can be placed in the breeding site.

The breeding time is generally from March to June or from September to October. Dig regular narrow trenches about 30 to 50 cm deep, about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, under the host plant tree in the breeding place, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and harvesting. After "breeding", cover the soil and compact it, and keep records of the time, quantity, "breeding" trench shape and depth.

6. How to make cicadas lay eggs on tree branches?

If we want to make it easier for cicadas to lay eggs, we must trim off the branches that are too high. We can also plant fruit tree seedlings in the gaps between trees to increase the number of eggs they lay on the branches. Most of them choose to lay eggs under the branches. However, the density of our seed is generally about 1,000 cicadas per acre, with half males and half females, because each female cicada can lay about 600 to 1,500 eggs.

7. How to grow cicada seedlings?

1. Site. To plant golden cicada, you need to choose tree species with well-developed lateral roots, lush growth, and abundant sap, preferably in an orchard.

2. Soil: First, place the cicada larvae in loose, fertile soil, sandy loam can be chosen.

3. Nutrition: After the cicada breaks out of the soil, you can apply decomposed organic fertilizer to promote growth.

4. Watering: During the growth period of the cicada, it needs a lot of water, and the soil should be kept moist at all times.