CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Pictures of trees suitable for breeding cicadas (pictures of trees suitable for breeding cicadas)

1. What kind of tree should be used to raise cicada monkeys?

There are many healthy tree species with vigorous growth and more sap, such as pear trees, apple trees, walnut trees, elm trees, willow trees, ash trees, mulberry trees, orange trees, grapefruit trees, sycamore trees, poplar trees, etc. The food of cicada monkeys is the sap of parasitic trees, such as young branches and the sap of tree roots. The tree species suitable for breeding cicada monkeys are willow trees, followed by poplar trees. These two trees grow very fast and have a relatively high survival rate after planting.

1. Under which trees are cicada monkeys more common?

1. Cicada monkeys usually live on healthy trees that grow vigorously and have more juice, such as pear trees, apple trees, walnut trees, elm trees, willow trees, ash trees, mulberry trees, orange trees, grapefruit trees, sycamore trees, poplar trees, etc. These trees are the favorites of cicada monkeys. Cicada monkeys usually start laying eggs in July and August every year. They will lay eggs in young branches. After the branches wither and fall to the ground, the eggs will hibernate in the soil until the temperature is suitable in May of the following year. The hatching will end at the end of June. In summer, the adults will gradually begin to drill out of the ground, and start a new cycle of emergence, laying eggs, etc.

2. Is it better to raise cicadas on bamboo willow or matsudanax?

Salix matsudana

Willow is currently recognized as a better tree species for breeding cicadas. Currently used are fast-growing bamboo willow, local stupid willow (Salix matsudana, Mantou willow), fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901, Chinese willow (Blowing dustpan willow), weeping willow. Fast-growing bamboo willow is the main one, which can account for the vast majority of the total willow scale. Salix matsudana and fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901 have just started to be tried out in the past 1-2 years.

Fast-growing bamboo willow grows fast in the early stage, has high water requirements, is resistant to water and humidity, and is not particularly resistant to pruning. The density is large, the management requirements are high, and the management cannot keep up with the serious dead trees. Fast-growing bamboo willow is currently the most commonly used tree species in artificial breeding, and it also has the largest cicada production area and ideal yield. The yield of some experimental fields is estimated to exceed 200 catties. Large-scale yields of about 100 catties are also available. In addition to the high density and dead trees, the disadvantages of fast-growing bamboo willow are relatively more diseases and insect pests. As a host plant for breeding golden cicadas, the disadvantages are gradually emerging.

Fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901 has the characteristics of fast-growing bamboo willow, but has advantages in pest and disease resistance and drought resistance. Its salt and alkali resistance is better than bamboo willow. When the 9901 willow grows up, the main stem deadhead problem is more prominent, similar to some stupid willows. In theory, it will be better than fast-growing bamboo willow, but the specific breeding effect remains to be seen.

Some willows with excellent tree shapes have gradually become the objects of experimentation for breeders. They have strong vitality, wide adaptability, tolerance to pruning, few diseases, and the emergence of cicadas in the wild, which are all great advantages. At present, there are not many high-quality varieties of willows, and the cost of obtaining them is also higher than that of bamboo willows. If conditions permit, willow segments can be collected in the fields to raise seedlings for future use.

3. What fruit trees can be eaten and used to raise cicadas?

Among woody plants, in order to quickly raise cicadas, first, we must choose tree species that cicadas like; second, we must choose tree species that are easy to survive and grow quickly; third, we must choose tree species with well-developed root systems and sufficient sap. Combining these three conditions, the first choice is willow.

Willow is the most common common tree, growing rapidly, with slender branches, thin and soft bark, and abundant sap, which is very popular with cicadas and easy to suck. Willow is cold-resistant, waterlogged, and drought-resistant, easy to reproduce, simple to cultivate, strong in vitality, well-developed root system, and abundant sap, all of which are in line with the parasitic requirements of cicadas.