CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to raise golden cicadas to get rich (How to raise golden cicadas to get rich)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. What is the most advanced way to breed cicadas?

1. Feed supply

First of all, breeding cicadas is different from breeding other things, because when breeding cicadas, we also have to breed trees. Cicadas survive by parasitizing on trees. They mainly survive by sucking the sap of trees. Some trees with well-developed root systems and good growth all year round can be used as feed sources. Poplar is a good tree for breeding cicadas. Some other fruit trees can also be used as feed. In addition, potatoes and other things can be used, which are all nutritious feed sources.

Golden Cicada

2. Environmental conditions

The cicada does not have high requirements for its growth environment. Generally speaking, the best soil depth for the cicada is within 30-50 cm, and it is best to face the sun, which is very beneficial for frost prevention. In addition, the soil for growth should be loose, with good air permeability and drainage, and the natural moisture content of the soil should be sufficient. In winter, you can plant more other crops to ensure the temperature in the field, ensure the normal field temperature, and prevent frost damage.

3. Epidemic prevention preparations

Because the golden cicada is very fragile when it just emerges from the ground and has not yet emerged from its pupae, it has many natural enemies in these two stages, such as toads and snakes that often appear in the fields, which will pose a threat to its growth. Not only that, sometimes sparrows and some wild cats and other animals will eat it, and some microorganisms will also parasitize on its body. It is not suitable to apply pesticides to cicadas, as many pesticides contain ingredients that are harmful to cicadas. Therefore, if a problem arises, try to solve it with physical methods if possible. If it doesn't work, use chemical weapons for prevention and control.

4. What are the ten benefits of raising cicadas?

First, there are vast resources. There are many trees such as poplars and tung trees distributed in rural areas of my country, as well as a large number of fruit trees such as apple trees, pear trees, and hawthorn trees, which can be used as natural places to raise cicadas.

Second, the investment is relatively small. If you want to breed cicadas on a large scale, you can buy cicada eggs from professional breeding farms, and the source of cicadas is guaranteed. For small-scale development, you can also do it yourself in the suburbs or rural areas, and collect cicadas in the woods and orchards.

Third, the effect is fast. Artificial breeding shortens the growth time of cicadas. In recent years, some enterprises and breeders dedicated to cicada breeding have made breakthrough progress in artificial breeding of cicadas, and have explored a new technology for artificial rapid breeding of cicadas, which shortens the growth cycle of cicadas to 18 to 24 months before they can be dug up and sold. Cicadas can be dug up and sold in indoor pools, plastic greenhouses, and semi-natural forest breeding in the shortest 18 months.

Fourth, no feeding is required. Cicada breeding does not require care and feeding. Cicada eggs are hidden in the soil. When the nymphs hatch, they will suck the juice of crops or tree roots to grow. The entire breeding process does not require management, feeding, and epidemic prevention, and does not occupy labor. Compared with traditional breeding industries such as pig and chicken farming, it is much simpler and more convenient. It is a good project for breeding to get rich.

Fifth, the product is very popular. The larvae of golden cicada and its adult grasshopper cicada are insects with large consumption in northern China, and can be seen in hotels of all grades and specifications, farmers' markets, and farmers' tables.

5. Promotional materials on cicada breeding?

1. Obtain seed sources. Primary seed sources can be collected naturally in the field. Eggs, nymphs, and adults can all be collected as seed sources.

All insect stages can be collected from July to September; August to September is the best season for collecting nymphs; September is the best time to collect cicada egg branches, and they can be collected all year round.

To collect eggs, you can choose an ideal place with dense trees and many cicadas. Use fruit branch shears or a long pole with a hook on the top to gently remove the 1-2 year old thin dry branches on the tree that have been killed by cicada eggs. Any branch that is flat and dry on one side with an incomplete surface and has a large number of milky white oblong eggs embedded in the subcutaneous wood is cicada eggs. Cut off the excess egg-free dead shoots on the upper part of the egg-laying nest, and leave 10-15 cm egg-free branches below the egg-laying nest. Bundle about 50 branches into a small bundle and put them in a plastic bag for later use.

To capture nymphs, naturally mature nymphs are the target. Nymphs can be collected by illuminating the base of the tree trunk with a flashlight between 7 and 12 pm. After collection, they are placed in a gauze cage to hatch and lay eggs. Shrub-like hosts are planted in the gauze cage, mainly various fruit trees.

There are many ways to catch adult cicadas on trees, such as using fire to lure them at night. In order to ensure that the adult cicadas are not damaged, wheat gluten can be used to catch them. The method is to wash the dough with water several times to remove the starch, leaving pure gluten, store it in a wide lotus leaf or poplar leaf, stick it to the top of a bamboo pole, and catch the adult cicadas in the early morning or during the day.

The collection of egg-laying branches should be the main way to obtain seed sources.

2. Breeding. The breeding objects are newly hatched nymphs and eggs that are about to hatch. 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, place the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it, and continuously spray mist with a small sprayer to maintain high humidity in the air around the egg-bearing branches so that excess water droplets are absorbed by the fine sand at the bottom.

During this period, the hatching of eggs should be checked continuously. When nymph activity is found, the branches and fine sand can be placed in the breeding site. The breeding time is generally from September to October (two-year eggs) or from June to July (first-year eggs).

Dig regular narrow trenches about 30 to 50 centimeters deep on the ground under the host plant tree in the breeding place, about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, in shapes such as rings, squares, triangles, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and harvesting.

After "planting", cover the soil and compact it, and keep records of the time, quantity, shape and depth of the "planting" ditch, etc.

From the egg stage to the mature nymph (cicada turtle), the cicada needs to grow underground for three winters and summers (actually 2 years): the first year starts in June, the weight of the year is only about 1 gram, the body and eyes are milky white; the second year weight grows to about 3 grams, the body pigment deepens, and the eyes are pink; the third year nymph (cicada turtle) develops to maturity,

The body weight is 4.5 to 5 grams, with an average of 210 per kilogram. At this time, the body color is brown and the eyes are dark gray.

Based on the changes in weight, body color and eye color, the age stage of the nymph's growth and development can be accurately determined.

3. Supply high-quality feed.

Choose healthy tree species with well-developed root systems, lush growth and rich juice, such as poplar, elm, willow, tung or various fruit trees in the orchard.

In addition, some root vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams should be intercropped.

4. Provide good environmental conditions.

The appropriate depth for "breeding" cicadas is 30 to 50 centimeters. They should be exposed to the sun and protected from frost. The soil should be loose, fertile and pollution-free. It should not be too dry, nor should it have too much water content or water accumulation, to ensure the normal growth and development of the host plant roots and the juicy and tender young plants.

In winter, the planting area should be covered with wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, etc. to maintain the ground temperature.

5. Build facilities for the production of adults and nymphs. 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 seedlings, build fences around them with cement pillars or bamboo sticks, pull iron wire in the middle, and cover the outside with nylon window screens.

The emerged or collected adults can mate and lay eggs in it, and the number of adults can be retained as needed later, without having to collect seed sources from the wild.

6. Do a good job of epidemic prevention. There are many natural enemies of nymphs (cicada turtles) after they emerge from the soil and adults after they emerge from the pupae, such as toads, snakes, rodents, hedgehogs, wild cats, sparrows and mantises, all of which like to eat nymphs (cicada turtles). Microorganisms such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Entomogenetic algae fungi (cicadae) also cause parasitic damage.

In addition, floods and pollution from pesticides and fertilizers can also cause great harm to nymphs (cicada turtles) or cicadas, so they should be carefully cared for and protected during breeding.

The most important seasons are the egg stage on the trees, the outbreak of cicada ants, and the emergence of mature nymphs.

The main natural enemies during the egg stage and the cicada ant outbreak period on trees are ants and red flower stink bugs. The treatment measures are to use 100 times diluted ammonia to soak the egg-bearing branches or to treat the soil with DDVP, strong chlorine, etc.

6. 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.