The price of a cockroach in the United States is higher than that of a dried cockroach for 70 cents.

Original title: Texas 47-year-old farmer and cockroach "play intimate"

When they hear cockroaches, many people avoid them, but Wang fuming, a 47-year-old farmer in Yaozhan Town, Pingyuan County, got in close contact with them.

On the morning of the 24th, the reporter walked into the fully closed breeding room of the Fumin special breeding base, and immediately felt that the indoor temperature and humidity were much higher than those outside. "the temperature for cockroach farming is between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is between 75 and 85 percent." Wang Liangyou told reporters.

Looking around, the reporter found that the breeding room was divided into small compartments, and the front of the cubicle was closed with a dense net to prevent cockroaches from flying out. Following the faint flashlight, the reporter saw reddish-brown cockroaches hiding in the middle of layers of cement partitions. "cockroaches like to stay in the dark and start to fly as soon as they see the light." Wang Liangyou said as he gently lifted the two concrete partitions in the cubicle, and the cockroaches began to move quickly and hide in the middle of the other two concrete partitions.

Wang Liangyou told reporters that the breeding speed of cockroaches is so fast that one bug can reproduce more than 10 cockroaches. At present, there are almost 50,000 cockroaches in the 300 square meter factory.

When you hear that cockroaches are seen by everyone and avoid them, why are some people willing to get in close contact with them? Will they do harm to the environment?

"this cockroach is not another cockroach. The common cockroach at home is the German cockroach, which is native to Asia and later distributed in all temperate regions of the world and is considered to be the dirtiest domestic pest. What we breed is the American cockroach, the scientific name Periplaneta Americana, they have high requirements for temperature and humidity, and have begun large-scale artificial breeding in the south of China. " Wang Liangyou said.

Most importantly, Periplaneta Americana cultivated by Wang Liangyou has high medicinal value. "the public should have a new understanding of them. When these cockroaches grow up, we burn them to death with boiling water, then dry them and sell them to pharmaceutical manufacturers. Many new high-tech drugs currently being developed, such as Kangfuxin and other scald drugs, use compounds extracted from American cockroaches. "

Wang Liangyou began to breed cockroaches in the United States this spring, which is also the first cockroach breeding base in our city. In recent years, due to the demand for drug production, many pharmaceutical manufacturers have purchased a large number of cockroach powder, and the price of drying cockroaches has risen tenfold.

"the price of dry products baked by a jin of cockroaches has risen from about 15 yuan 10 years ago to more than 140 yuan now." Wang Liangyou told reporters, "the current market price of a dried cockroach is about 70 cents."

Although "Xiaoqiang" is not picky about food, does not get sick, and has a strong ability to reproduce, Wang Liangyou told reporters that professional guidance is needed for cockroach breeding. "one is the survival rate of cockroaches laying eggs, and then there are differences in species, as well as various breeding techniques." According to Wang Liangyou, he tried to breed on a large scale after learning and training from professional farming cooperatives in Jinan. (reporter Wang Zhiqiang, correspondent Zhang Dawei and Liu Shuyi)