A Comprehensive Analysis of Golden Cicada Farming Techniques and Yield

SummaryGolden cicada farming techniques: you can plant some vigorously growing tree species or root and tuber crops, the "seeding" depth is about 30-50cm, during this period you must prevent harm from snakes, hedgehogs, rodents and microorganisms, and use a 100-fold dilution of strong ammonia essence to soak and wash the egg branches, then build a gauze-net greenhouse. Golden cicada yield: about 100-300 jin per mu.

I. Golden Cicada Farming Techniques

1. Feed supply

Choose to plant some robust tree species with well-developed root systems, vigorous growth and abundant sap, such as poplar, elm, willow and paulownia, or various fruit trees in orchards, and at the same time you can also interplant some root and tuber crops, such as sweet potato, potato and Chinese yam.

2. Environmental conditions

(1) The "seeding" depth for golden cicadas is about 30-50 cm; the terrain should face the sun, which helps prevent freezing; the soil should be fertile, loose and free of pollution, and it must not be too dry, nor show excessively high water content or waterlogging.

(2) To ensure the host plant roots grow and develop normally and are young, tender and juicy, in winter you can cover the seeding area with a layer of rice straw, wheat straw, corn stalks, etc. for insulation.

3. Disease and pest prevention preparations

(1) After emerging from the soil, the nymphs and the adults after eclosion have many natural enemies, such as snakes, hedgehogs, rodents, wild cats and toads. Generally sparrows and praying mantises all like to eat nymphs, and at the same time microorganisms such as Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and entomogenous algae fungi also cause parasitic harm; in addition, floods, pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other pollution also cause relatively great harm to golden cicadas, so during the farming process you must pay attention to taking corresponding protective measures.

(2) The relatively important seasons are the egg stage on trees, the "cicada ant" occurrence stage and the mature nymph emergence stage. The main natural enemies during the egg stage on trees and the cicada ant occurrence stage are ants and small red flower bugs; generally you can use a 100-fold dilution of strong ammonia essence to soak and wash the egg branches, or use DDVP, strong chlorine essence, etc. to treat the soil.

4. Breeding techniques

(1) For the production facilities for adults and nymphs in general, besides naturally collecting cicada eggs, you can also build gauze-net greenhouses, which can provide space for golden cicada adults to lay eggs, and can also make use of fruit trees in abandoned orchards by replanting fruit tree seedlings.

(2) Around the fruit tree seedlings, you can use cement posts or bamboo poles to build a fence, with iron wire etc. pulled in between, and the outer layer can be covered with a layer of nylon window screen; for adults that have eclosed or been collected, they can mate and lay eggs inside, and afterwards the adults can be retained according to their number, with no need to collect seed stock from the wild again.

II. Golden Cicada Yield

Plant 2000 branches of golden cicada seedlings per mu, each branch containing 100 golden cicada eggs; generally artificial hatching of golden cicada eggs can reach more than 80%, so the yield per mu is about 100-300 jin.