What food does the common insect mole cricket (native dog son) like to eat in the countryside? Is it a pest? Is it edible? How to breed it?

mole cricket is a very common insect, also known as the earth dog son, generally called it Lala cricket, to pull cricket. It has a long body, a round belly and is very soft. It often appears at night. What food does mole cricket like to eat? Is it edible? How to breed?

Mole cricket, commonly known as farming dog, Lala cricket, scraping dog, soil dog baby (southwest region), beetle (degree than baby), Lala cricket, ground cricket (northeast), field dog (Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces), land dog (central China area), also known as scissors ("pickpocket" Taiwanese), known as soil dog son in Sichuan, belongs to Orthoptera mole family, the main types are North China mole cricket, Oriental mole cricket, Taiwan mole cricket and common mole cricket. North China mole cricket also known as single thorn mole cricket, mainly distributed in the north throughout.

Oriental mole cricket is distributed in all parts of China, and the damage is heavier in the south. Taiwan mole cricket occurs in taiwan, guangdong, guangxi. Common mole cricket is only distributed in Xinjiang.

What does mole cricket eat?

mole cricket is a kind of omnivorous pest, almost all crops it eats, so all suffer its harm. When the crop is young, it not only bites off the tender stem but also eats the seed; after the crop grows up, it bites the root into filiform, and in the damaged fields where a large number of mole crickets inhabit, the mole crickets dig tunnels underground, so that the young roots of the crop are separated from the soil, and the seedlings dry up, resulting in the lack of seedlings and broken ridges in the farmland. So mole cricket is out-and-out, veritable underground pests.

Characteristics of mole cricket

It is usually active at night, but when the temperature is suitable, it can also be active during the day. When the relative humidity of soil is 22~27%, the damage of mole cricket is the most serious. When the soil is dry, it is less active and less harmful. Adults have phototaxis. Summer and autumn, when the temperature between 18~22℃, wind speed less than 1.5 m/s, night light can be used to lure a large number of mole crickets. Mole cricket can run backwards, especially in burrows. Adult and nymph are good at swimming, female has the habit of protecting eggs and feeding young. The nymph can move independently until the 4th instar. The occurrence of mole cricket is closely related to the environment. It often inhabits in plain, light saline-alkali land, low-humidity areas such as river, sea and lake, especially sandy loam and humus areas.

Can mole cricket eat?

Mole cricket in Guangdong Deqing area more, but also a local health food, can be fried, unique flavor, if properly handled, without any peculiar smell. It is said that this kind of thing is very masculine.

Edible method of mole cricket

The main fried, tear off short wings, deep fry until golden yellow, sprinkle with fine salt. With a little bit of soil taste, taste crisp, no special taste of insects, may not have much protein, and silkworm, wasp, bamboo taste similar, mole cricket for incomplete metamorphosis development.

The medicinal value of mole cricket

Drug Name: mole cricket

Alias: crayfish, days, squid, fairy, stone rat, Wu rat, Du dog.

Meridian return: bladder, large intestine, small intestine. It enters the stomach and bladder meridians.

Nature: salty, cold, slightly poisonous.

Mole cricket for abdominal edema, urination and other adverse symptoms, can be combined with Euphorbia, Daphne and other compatibility. Such as treatment of urine retention, available mole cricket baking, grinding while hot, with yellow wine or boiled water adjustment service.

Role of mole cricket:

Gryllocricket dry insect body medicine, with diuretic, detumescence, detoxification effect. Mole cricket is clinically used to treat urinary calculi, edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, chronic nephritis and uremia, lack of afterbirth, urinary retention after operation and obstruction of stool caused by intestinal and bladder paralysis, and iron nails, wood bamboo and foreign bodies that retreat into flesh.

Mole cricket contraindications: weak body and pregnant women are taboo to take mole cricket.

Breeding technique of mole cricket

1. Building a pond: large-scale breeding. First, build a brick-ash structure breeding pond. 3 - 4 meters long, 2 meters wide and 2 meters deep. The lower part is filled with loam 1 meter thick and slightly compacted. Then fill 20 cm thick wet loose soil containing farm manure or humus, sprinkle a layer of fermented cow dung or horse manure, broken wheat straw, rice chaff as mole cricket activity and protective layer, and then loosely put a layer of long wheat straw, corn cob, rice straw, etc. Shading and heat preservation, pool mouth covered with iron gauze.

2, cast seed: mole cricket has a strong phototaxis, can be in April to May and September to October of each year, with electric lights, black lights, horse magic 'after dark, in the wild near the cottage trap adults. The trapped adults are processed into commodities by eliminating the individuals with incomplete limbs, thin bodies, diseases and serious wear, and high-quality individuals are selected and reserved for seed. The two species of mole cricket were raised in different ponds, and 10 pairs of insects were put into each pond per square meter.

3. Feeding management: The green feed of mole cricket includes wheat seedlings, grain seedlings, corn, sorghum, tender leaves, melon and fruit skins or other vegetable leaves, etc. The concentrated feed includes cooked and dried grain, fried bean cakes, peanut cake residues, wheat bran, etc. Feed in the evening, to feed the feed can eat up as well. Green fodder is fed daily and concentrate is fed once every 2~3 days. Throw frequently, throw less, prevent mildew. The concentrate is processed into blocks to avoid and reduce mildew, and the preparation method and formula are as follows: 5000g of gramineous young crop dry powder, 500g of wheat bran (fried), 50g of dry yeast, 1000g of bean cake powder (fried) and 1500ml of clear water. stir that above feeds into thick paste, press into thin cakes, cutting into small pieces, dry and preserving. When feeding, crush into rice grain size, put into the pool, and at the same time prepare green feed. If the temperature is too high in the mole cricket breeding pool, it can shade or splash water around the pool to cool down. If it is too dry, it can splash some water in the pool to increase humidity. In winter, wind barriers can be set up beside the pool, and straw can be placed in the pool for heat preservation.

4. Harvesting and processing: The mole cricket artificially raised, the Oriental mole cricket is harvested once a year, and the North China mole cricket is harvested every other year, and the adult is once. Every spring will be 20 cm deep humus soil in the pool with a large hole sieve to pick out adults and remove debris, leaving a part of high-quality insects as seed insects, found in the soil more insect feces, clumps or parasites mites, etc., should be replaced layer soil. Remove the head, wings and feet of the adult, remove the internal organs, wash, blanch in boiling water, dry or dry. Edible can be directly fried with fresh insects, fried, boiled, steamed, processed into flavor food.