How to cultivate golden cicada

Because of its unique flavor, rich nutrition and good health care, the market demand is increasing and the price is getting higher and higher, but only relying on wild resources, the contradiction between supply and demand can not be solved, so the prospect of artificial breeding cicadas is broad. For the successful breeding of grasshopper cicada, we should grasp the key points such as provenance acquisition, host plant selection, breeding site selection, protective measures and so on.

How to cultivate golden cicada

The main results are as follows: 1. The primary provenance can be collected naturally in the field, and eggs, nymphs and adults can be collected as provenances. Various insect states can be collected from July to September; August to September is the best season to collect nymphs; September is the best time to collect cicada egg branches, which can be collected all the year round.

2. The ideal place where there are many cicadas can be selected for egg collection. The 1-2-year-old thin withered strips on the tree that are killed by grasshopper cicadas are lightly removed with fruit branch shears or long hooked poles at the top. Cicada eggs are those whose one side is flat and withered and the surface is incomplete, and the subcutaneous xylem is inlaid with a large number of milky white long oval eggs. Cut off the extra non-egg withered tip in the upper part of the egg-laying nest, leave 10-15 cm egg-free branches in the lower part of the egg-laying nest mark, tie up about 50 pieces into a small bundle, and put them into a plastic bag for use.

3. Capture the nymph, take the naturally mature old nymph as the object, the nymph can be captured by flashlight at the base of the trunk of the tree at 7: 12 in the evening, and then put into a cage to feather and lay eggs. Shrubby hosts are planted in spawning cages, mainly a variety of fruit trees.

4. There are many ways to catch cicadas on trees, such as using fire to trap them at night. In order to ensure that the adult cicada is not damaged, wheat gluten can be used. The method is to rinse the harmonious dough with water many times, remove starch, leave pure gluten, store it in broad lotus leaves and poplar leaves, stick to the top of the bamboo pole, and stick to catch adults in the early morning or during the day.

The method of raising golden cicada

The main results are as follows: 1. The egg-bearing branches collected directly from the wild or in the provenance site are concentrated indoors to promote hatching. Hatching method: in the plastic box which is 70 cm long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high, spread fine dry sand 5 cm to 10 cm thick at the bottom, put the egg branches vertically or horizontally on them, and constantly spray fog water with a small sprayer to maintain the high humidity of the air around the egg-bearing branches and make the excess water droplets adsorb in the fine sand at the bottom. In the middle, the hatching of eggs should be checked constantly, and when nymphs are found, the branches together with fine sand can be placed in the breeding site.

2. The breeding time is generally from September to October (biennial eggs) or June to July (current year eggs). Choose healthy tree species with developed roots, luxuriant growth and more juice, such as poplar, elm, willow, paulownia or all kinds of fruit trees in the orchard. In addition, but also intercropping some rhizome plants, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams and so on. The ground under the host plant in the breeding place is about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, digging regular narrow trenches with a depth of about 30 to 50 centimeters, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radiation, for the purpose of digging and harvesting in the future. The back cover soil of "breeding seed" is compacted, and the time, quantity, groove shape and depth of "breeding seed" are recorded.

3. From the egg stage to the growth and development of mature nymphs (cicadas), cicadas need to grow underground for three winters and summers (actually 2 years): the first year begins in June, and the body weight is only about 1 gram. The whole body and eyes are milky white; in the second year, the body weight is about 3 grams, the whole body pigment deepens, and the eyes are pink. In the third year, the nymph (cicada turtle) matured, weighing 4.5 to 5 grams, with an average of 210 per kilogram, with brown body color and dark gray eyes. The time and age of nymph growth and development can be accurately judged according to the size of body weight, the depth of body color and the change of eye color.

Nutritional value of golden cicada

Golden cicada has extremely high nutritional value of medicinal diet and unique taste, especially the newly unearthed nymph contains the highest protein, is a rare high-protein, low-fat game delicacy. Cicadas not only have edible value, but also have high medicinal value. Grasshopper cicadas have unique flavor, rich nutrition and good health care. The dry powder of every 100g cicada contains 4G water, 7.19g fat, 71.4g protein, 10.9g carbohydrate, trace element potassium 30mg, calcium 17mg, zinc 8mg, so the nutritional value of cicada is very high.

According to the records of Chinese Materia Medica, golden cicada has the functions of invigorating yang, protecting lung and kidney, reducing blood pressure, relieving cough and promoting fluid, treating baldness and suppressing cancer. Cicada slough is rich in methotrexate, isoxanthine pterin and adenosine triphosphatase, which is often used to treat exogenous wind and fever, cough, hoarseness, sore throat, rubella, pruritus, eye nebula, tetanus, children crying at night and other symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cicadas slough taste salty sweet, cold, can clear heat, extinguish wind, calm shock. The golden cicada is rich in protein, and the cicada slough is very effective in the treatment of stomach diseases.

Do you make money by raising golden cicadas?

In recent years, with the decrease of wild resources year by year, people begin to pay attention to the cultivation of golden cicada. now the artificial breeding technology belongs to the stage of groping, and the latest breeding method is about 100 to 200 jin, but with the deepening of people's exploration, the yield of golden cicada per mu will have a great breakthrough!

In recent years, the demand for golden cicadas is strong, the supply of goods is tight, and the price has risen one step at a time. The trend of golden cicada changing from rural game to urban high-grade food is becoming more and more obvious. in the next 3 to 5 years, the price of golden cicada may continue to rise at the rate of 8 to 10 yuan per jin per year. But here still want to remind friends who have just come into contact with golden cicada farming, no matter how good the industry is, there are negative things, especially in the aquaculture industry, breeding golden cicada is a trend, but it is not as simple and cost-effective as it is said in a large area of the website! We should be clear about this: we should treat golden cicada farming with a rational attitude!

With the continuous development of aquaculture, all kinds of aquaculture are on the rise. People may not know much about the golden cicada before, but with the continuous rise of people's living standards, many people find that the golden cicada is a very nutritious and delicious thing, so its development prospect is very broad.