Centipede culture technology

Abstract: centipede culture technology, centipede is a traditional important animal medicine, its medicinal properties and uses are described in detail in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica and other famous medical literature. The drug source is distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, mainly in Hubei and Zhejiang provinces, and its original animals have been identified as centipedes.

Centipede is an important traditional animal medicine, and its properties and uses are described in detail in famous medical literature such as Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen. The drug source is distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, mainly in Hubei and Zhejiang provinces, and its original animals have been identified as centipedes. It is reported that Zhejiang mainly produces in the two major producing areas of Haining and Daishan in Jiaxing area. due to the change of production environment, the annual catch in Jiaxing area has decreased from 2 million to more than 10, 000 in the past 10 or 20 years. In order to multiply centipede resources and develop artificial culture, small-scale indoor artificial culture and island stocking experiments have been carried out. The resources of medicinal centipede in the field were investigated in Zhoushan area, and its population structure and catch were analyzed.

The study on the biological characteristics of centipede was carried out in the centipede pilot farm. A large number of observations and studies were carried out on the number of eggs laid, the period of spawning, the monitoring period of holding eggs, the law of peeling during the growth of centipedes, the life cycle and reproductive cycle of centipedes, and the diet of centipedes, which provided a scientific basis for artificial breeding of centipedes. In the culture management technology, it broke through the technical difficulties such as living male and female identification and improving the hatching rate, and accumulated some experience in overcoming mold diseases, drying, food and other difficulties. Adult centipedes were released on Hengleshan Island twice in 1976 and 1978. By 1980, observation and statistics showed that all new generations of centipedes could grow lively, and island stocking was successful. Choosing a suitable island for centipede stocking is also one of the directions of development and breeding.

Life habits

Centipedes mainly live in the low mountain areas with more stone and less soil, and only a few are distributed in the plain area. Every year after the sting, the temperature warms up, the centipede wakes up in hibernation, begins to unearth, and is good at living in wet weeds or rocky ditches. From Grain in Beard to the Summer Solstice, as the temperature gradually rises, it gradually moves into the cracks in the shady trenches, graveyards, ridges or mounds to avoid the hot day. In the late autumn season, they often live under the leeward and sunny loose soil slopes or where the tree holes and roots are warmer. In short, the centipede is afraid of light, sleeps during the day and goes out at night, and likes to live in dark, moist, warm and ventilated caves. Therefore, when raising centipedes, we should try our best to create the living conditions it requires according to its living habits. Such as the recommendation of planting trees in the farm and the placement of bricks and tiles are all measures taken to meet the requirements of the centipede for the living environment.

Centipedes usually come out at night to move alone. Although it has 8 monocular eyes, its eyesight is weak, especially during the day. When you move alone, you don't make a detour until the antennae touch each other, and avoid each other. On a clear and windless night, 20: 23 is the peak of their activity. Its activity is characterized by more activities at night and less during the day; more activity at night when the temperature is higher than 25 ℃, less activity at 10 ~ 150C; less or even no activity below 10 ℃; more activity at night after rain and less activity at night with low temperature; more activity at night without wind or breeze, less activity at night with strong wind (wind above level 6): more activity at night after rain and less on rainy days. Thus it can be seen that the frequency of centipede activity is closely related to meteorological factors such as air temperature, air pressure, relative humidity, rainfall and light intensity. Therefore, when raising centipedes, we should pay attention to the impact of the above meteorological factors on its life. At the same time, the centipede has a strong ability to drill seams, so the centipede can successfully drill through the holes in rocks, soil ridges and other holes, and can live in these gaps.

In the case of too much density of centipede life or more disturbance, it is easy to cause mutual killing and death. However, under the feeding conditions, with the improvement of the living environment and feeding conditions, such as providing enough fresh feed and water, it will not increase the disturbance to its life, even if the breeding density is high, it will not have much impact on its life. In particular, centipedes produced by the same mother live together since childhood, and when they grow up, dozens of centipedes can live together in harmony. Therefore, providing enough fresh feed and water to keep a quiet environment is a necessary condition for artificial breeding of centipedes.

Capture method

It is usually better to capture in front of Ching Ming Festival. The centipede is an egg-laying insect. According to the living habits of the centipede, such as shading and dampness, quietness, and fear of strong light, the place where the jungle is shaded or the hillside is shaded is chosen as the capture site. In these places, chicken feathers, miscellaneous bones or leaves of withered grass are placed to induce centipedes to perch and lay eggs and pick eggs in front of Ching Ming Festival. When picking eggs, take back the soil with branches and weeds, put it into a human feeding pond or cover it in a feeding tank and hatch. During the incubation period, the mulch should be turned gently to prevent other insect pests from invading, so as to ensure that the larvae hatch smoothly and safely.