What are the other names for cicadas, and how much is a jin of cicada shells?
The cicada is an insect that left a very deep impression in our childhood memories. Whenever summer comes, we hear a buzzing sound from the trees, very loud. Cicadas have many population classifications and are distributed in various countries. They like to grow and live in temperate and tropical places with relatively high temperatures. Cicada shells also have certain medicinal value, with certain effects on sore throat, rubella, and so on. Nowadays cicadas are also a kind of food, rich in protein, and deeply loved by some people. Let's take a look below at what other names cicadas have, and roughly how much a jin of cicada shells costs.
1. What are the other names for cicadas?
Other names for the cicada include chan, zhimuya, bichan, haiyi, zhiliao, jieliao, zhiliaogui, zhiliaohou, jieliaogui, pacha, and so on. It is an insect with relatively high economic value.
Cicada larvae like to live in the soil and have a pair of very strong digging front legs. They mainly use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to pierce and suck the sap of trees, causing them to slowly wither and die, which has a certain impact on the growth of trees. Cicada larvae usually stay in the soil for several years or even more than ten years, but always a prime number. When a cicada is about to emerge, it will drill out of the soil surface in the evening or at night, climb up a tree, grip the bark, molt, and then emerge. When there is a brown split on the back of a cicada, it indicates that molting is beginning. Generally, they begin to emerge as adults in late June, and their lifespan is about two to three months. By late July, female cicadas begin to lay eggs, and the eggs attach to relatively thick branches.
The shells shed by cicadas are rich in protein, chitin, amino acids, organic acids, and other useful substances, and are helpful for many diseases. As early as ancient times, there were records of the custom of eating cicadas, and at that time they were even a delicacy for the royal family. Nowadays in our Northeast region there is also the habit of eating cicada pupae. In fact, there is no need to feel strange about it; they are foods with very high protein content.
2. Roughly how much is a jin of cicada shells?
Cicada shells, that is, what we call cicada slough, cost roughly between 145-200 yuan per jin, with certain differences among regions. The price is affected by factors such as place of origin, market conditions, and purchasing channels. According to relevant websites, we can learn that the supply of cicada shells in the Xiaoshan area of Anhui moves relatively steadily, and the current price for general goods is about 150 yuan per jin. The cicada shell market in Lingchuan County, Shanxi, is relatively stable, with a relatively large supply; the price for good general goods is about 165 yuan per jin, and the washed price is more expensive, about 190 yuan per jin. The price of cicada shells in the Anguo market is somewhat lower, because market demand is not very large and output is not high either, with general goods priced at 130-150 yuan per jin.
The above is an introduction to questions such as the other names of cicadas and the price of cicada shells. We hope it is of some help to you.