High-protein insects what do cicadas eat to grow up? What kind of tree do you like? When will you come out? Can you still eat it when it comes out of the shell?

Cicadas, also known as cicadas, black cicadas, cicadas, golden cicadas, crawlers, and so on, are high-protein insects that have become snacks on the table of large hotels because of their high edible value. What kind of tree do you like? When will you come out? Can you still eat it when it comes out of the shell?

What do you eat to grow up?

Cicadas live mainly in the soil, sucking on the roots of plants, and adults eat plant sap. Cicadas are incomplete metamorphosis, from eggs, larvae (nymphs), after a molting, without going through the pupa period and become adults. The same "Zen" comes from Buddhism.

What kind of tree do you like?

Cicadas usually choose healthy tree species with developed roots, luxuriant growth and more juice to breed, which is the key link to improve the efficiency and yield of golden cicada culture, such as poplar, elm, willow, tung trees or all kinds of fruit trees in orchards. In addition, dwarf shrubs such as honeysuckle and green wax are also crops that golden cicadas like to eat, and cicadas cannot be raised under trees such as pine and bitter ripples. Because the roots of pine trees have a special pine fragrance, golden cicadas do not like to eat, and the bitter sap golden cicada larvae do not like to eat. It is best to interplant some vines such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. Some people say that it is necessary to plant root crops to meet the feeding requirements of golden cicadas, which is not true. According to the observation of our field for many years, the golden cicada does not survive by feeding on rhizome plants, but the rhizome vines can provide a better shading condition for the golden cicada.

Unearthed time:

Cicadas are usually unearthed around 9 pm before dawn and like more poplar trees and paulownia trees.

At the end of June, the larvae began to emerge into adults, and the longest life span was about 60-70 days.

In late July, female adults begin to lay eggs.

According to the nutritional value of the monkey, the spawning period is in the first and middle of August, and most of the eggs are laid on the shoots of 4mm and 5mm thick. When the female adults lay eggs, they first pierce the bark with the ovipositor, insert the ovipositor into the branch tissue, create a claw-shaped egg hole, and then lay eggs in the xylem. There are 6-8 eggs in each spawning hole. There are more than 90 cicada eggs on a branch.

Harvest time:

After burying egg branches for 2-3 years, cicadas begin to grow and mature gradually. The harvest time is usually in the Summer Solstice every year, if there is a thorough rain, the fat nymphs one by one, so that they can start to drill out of the ground at 4-5 in the morning, or after the rain clears up, the nymphs dig out of the hole with a pair of jagged forefeet in the wet and soft ground. after climbing out of the ground, do short-term exercise on the ground, and then climb the tree trunk or scaffolding ready to molt. After 2-4 hours, it will molt and become a cicada (cicada). According to this characteristic of the golden cicada, after the Summer Solstice every year, if there is no rain and drought, the breeding site can be artificially watered to lead the cicada to be unearthed. Before the cicadas are unearthed, or before the cicadas mature, tie a smooth plastic film around the trunk 30cm above the ground, so that the cicadas can not continue to crawl up the trees for harvest. You can also use flashlights to find a catch on the ground and trunk under the tree at night. Or catch feathered young cicadas in the trees early in the morning.

Can you still eat it when it comes out of the shell?

Zhihao can not only be used as medicine, but also can be eaten. It is very delicious. In order to eat, it is best to catch with a jar of water, drowning or stunning them to prevent further Eclosion. The cicada with wings after coming out of the shell tastes terrible and looks disgusting.