Twenty thousand cicadas can be planted in Pingdu every night.

Original title: Pingdu farmers found out the law of monkey breeding and harvested 20,000 monkeys a night.

Cicada monkey

Cicada monkey

Cicada monkey

Comprehensive report on the express train for agriculture, rural areas and farmers: at the height of summer, "cicada monkey" has become a delicious table for many citizens. In order to meet people's food and entertainment needs, the so-called artificially farmed golden cicada arises at the historic moment. The night before last, the reporter went to Qufang Village, Pingdu Economic Development Zone, and found the childish interest of the 1970s and 1980s in a forest south of the village. Li Jinjun, the contractor of the forest, is an ordinary farmer. after 15 years of collection and research, he has finally achieved the scene of producing more than 20,000 golden cicadas at night.

City dwellers try to go to the countryside for the first time

At about 7: 00 last night (June 30), the reporter came to the south of Qufang Village, Pingdu Economic Development Zone, and found a sign with the word "golden cicada" beside a forest, and more than a dozen cars were parked in front of the gate of the forest. these citizens have all come to touch the "cicada monkey".

The owner of this forest is Li Jinjun, a 53-year-old native of Qufang Village who is an out-and-out farmer. Following Li into the gate, I saw 20 or 30 adults and children holding small red buckets waiting for the "opening of the market" outside the second gate leading to the woods.

"they all come to know the monkeys, including local, Gaomi, ink, Jiaozhou, and Qingdao." Li Jinjun said. The reporter saw that the faces of these waiting people were covered with excitement, and for many of them, especially their children, this may be the first time in their lives.

The hole will not be concentrated until 8: 00 p.m.

"as soon as I was a child in this season, I went out to touch the monkey with that kind of flashlight with a long handle. I walked around the village and was able to touch the washbasin. Even some people can touch 40 or 50 trees just by stroking tree trunks, and sometimes they can touch snakes. Now, being able to touch a cicada monkey on the side of the road is like winning the lottery. The 42-year-old Mr. he had ripples of memory on his face.

Since all the guests are here, why not let them go in and get to know the monkey? "this point is not enough. Cicadas don't get out of the hole until about 07:30, reach the peak at about 8 o'clock, and then enter Pingfeng until around 12:00 in the evening. "Li Jinjun said confidently.

Study for 15 years to find out the habits of life

The reporter learned that Li Jinjun was able to speak out the habits of the cicada monkey so confidently because of his 15 years of exploration and experience. In 2001, Li Jinjun began to dabble in cicada monkey farming. "with the renovation and construction of villages and towns and the use of pesticides, cicadas gradually lost their living space, and the childish interest of cicadas gradually moved away from the summer when they were young. At that time, I thought, if only I could raise a cicada monkey. So I consulted relevant materials and books, contacted a number of breeding technicians across the country, and began to try to breed cicada monkeys. At that time, I was engaged in aquaculture, and there were dozens of willows on the edge of the pond, so I planted cicada monkeys under these willows. Unexpectedly, after a few years, the effect was quite good. In 2008, I decided to expand the scale, contracted the 80 mu of land, planted willows, and planted cicada monkeys on a large scale. Up to now, it can be said that it has been basically successful. Li Jinjun says that nowadays, an average of 20,000 cicadas can be produced in his forest every night.

Twenty thousand dead branches were collected in a week that year.

Li Jinjun said that since the experimental cultivation of "cicada monkey" in 2001, he has gradually realized the semi-artificial cultivation every three or five years. Outside the willow forest, the reporter saw a building similar to a vegetable greenhouse, which cultivated cicada monkey eggs. "at the beginning, I didn't know how to cultivate eggs at all. All the eggs were picked artificially. After the Beginning of Autumn, I went around with those long scissors and cut off the withered branches when I saw them. I remember that it took me more than a week to collect 20, 000 withered branches, which may contain golden cicada eggs. "Li Jinjun said.

Bring the child back to childlike interest

Li Jinjun said that the golden cicada has a cycle of two to five years from egg to worm emergence, during which all it needs to do is to loosen the soil and weed the forest. "there is no need to do anything else, especially to ban any pesticides. The pests in my forest are very serious. Many trees have been eaten empty by insects, but they cannot be drugged. As soon as they are given medicine, they will kill the golden cicadas in the ground. "Li Jinjun said.

Li Jin is reluctant to say much about income. "I think it is my greatest success to be able to give my children and grandchildren their childlike interest. As for whether I can make money, these are all things outside my body. If one day I develop a fixed production and quantitative breeding method, then I will be satisfied." I am an ordinary farmer, not looking for anything, just want to provide a healthy and happy place for everyone. Li Jinjun says that if anyone wants to make money from this, he doesn't have to dabble in it, because the breeding process is too slow, at least four or five years, and even if it is harvested, the reality may fall far short of the ideal. (reporter Yang Haitao)