The capture method of leeches

Abstract: bdelloides are commonly known as leeches. In China, there are three kinds of medicinal leeches, namely, Japanese medical leeches, wide-bodied golden leeches and sharp fine golden leeches. Distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning and other provinces and regions, leeches have high medicinal value, Liaoning effect is peculiar, leeches are very popular in the international market.

Bdelloids are commonly known as leeches. In China, there are three kinds of medicinal leeches, namely, Japanese medical leeches, wide-bodied golden leeches and sharp fine golden leeches. They are distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning and other provinces and regions. Leech has high medicinal value, Liaoning effect is peculiar, in the international market, leeches are very popular. At present, the purchase price of dried leeches is about 650.70 yuan per kilogram, and that of fresh leeches is about 20 yuan. Therefore, artificial breeding of leeches is another good way to get rich in rural areas.

The habitat of leeches

Leeches live in paddy fields, river ditches and streams, dormant in winter, begin to move in warm spring, are sensitive to climate change, and feed on plankton, small insects, mollusc larvae and mud humus in water. The ability to withstand hunger is particularly strong, and June to September is the spawning period.

The capture method of leeches

1. Cut the bamboo tube in half, remove the middle scar, spread the animal blood in the bamboo, tie it up according to the original shape, insert it on the corner of the paddy field or by the shoal river, and let the water submerge. Then stir the field water or river water with branches to spread the fishy smell of blood everywhere. After smelling the fishy smell, leeches immediately go to the tube to suck blood, and the bamboo tube is taken out the next morning, and leeches can be caught.

2. Use a bamboo screen, tie it with animal blood or internal organs wrapped in gauze, tie the screen to the end of the bamboo pole, hold the other end of the bamboo pole in hand, and wait until the bamboo screen is lifted, you can get leeches.

Post-capture treatment of leeches

The strong and harmless large individual wide money bdelloid is selected as the leech. The leeches are hermaphroditic and can reproduce. They lay eggs in the soil, laying 1-4 egg cocoons each time, and there are 15-35 young leeches in each egg cocoon. In July, the leeches grow to more than 2 cm within a month, grow from September to October, capture and sell processed dry products or fresh goods for sale.