How much is golden cicada per jin? A detailed explanation of artificial breeding techniques in 2019
The golden cicada is a food with both excellent flavor and nutrition, it has many effects and benefits, and its market demand is also increasing year by year. So, how much is a jin of golden cicadas in 2019? What are the artificial breeding techniques?
1. How much is a jin of golden cicadas in 2019?
At present, the price of golden cicadas is generally 50-80 yuan/jin, with a single golden cicada priced at 5-8 mao, and about 100 per jin. Prices vary by region and quality. On September 24, 2019, the prices of golden cicadas in some regions were as follows:
Licheng District, Jinan, Shandong: 52 yuan/jin; Jingde County, Xuancheng, Anhui: 73 yuan/jin; Cao County, Heze, Shandong: 85 yuan/jin; Pengshan District, Meishan, Sichuan: 78 yuan/jin; Zhongshan District, Dalian, Liaoning: 55 yuan/jin; Lushan County, Pingdingshan, Henan: 65 yuan/jin; Xiangzhou District, Xiangfan, Hubei: 0.9 yuan/each.
Note: The above prices are all from the internet and are for reference only; they are not to be used as a basis for transactions.
2. What are the artificial breeding techniques for golden cicadas?
1. Seed source collection
The primary seed source can be obtained by natural collection in the field; eggs, nymphs, and adults can all be collected as seed sources.
2. Breeding and planting
Breeding and planting refers to preparing golden cicada eggs for hatching. We can collect some branches bearing eggs from the field or from breeding farms and place them together in a breeding room for centralized reproduction, which is more convenient. Usually, observe more and carefully check the hatching of the golden cicada eggs.
3. Construction of production facilities
In addition to naturally collecting locust eggs, gauze mesh greenhouses can be built to provide space for adult cicadas to lay eggs. You can use the fruit trees in abandoned orchards, or replant fruit tree seedlings, set up a fence around them with cement posts or bamboo poles, then run iron wires in between, and cover the outside with nylon window screen mesh. Adults that have emerged or been collected mate and lay eggs inside; afterward, the number of adults to keep can be decided as needed, and there is no need to collect seed sources from the wild again.
4. Harvesting
From mid-to-late June to early August each year is the best period for harvesting. The nymph uses a pair of saw-like front legs to dig out of the soil in the moist, soft ground, emerges above the ground, moves briefly on the surface, then climbs along tree trunks or greenhouse frames ready to molt, and emerges as an adult cicada the next morning from 4 to 6 o'clock. We can harvest at night using a flashlight.
In recent years, people's demand for golden cicadas has been relatively high, and prices have kept rising. As long as breeding is carried out scientifically and reasonably, good economic returns can still be obtained.