A complete analysis of key points in grasshopper farming management, helping you raise grasshoppers well
Grasshopper farming is quite popular now, and more and more people are raising them. Although grasshoppers are a pest, artificial farming can turn them into something valuable. However, since they are still an insect, raising them is relatively difficult, which has led many people to experience farming failures. In fact, this is caused by inadequate management during the farming process, so how should grasshopper farming be managed? Let's take a look together below!
1. Larva management
The hatching of grasshoppers has relatively strict temperature requirements. At the very least, the temperature must not exceed around 28-29 degrees. If the temperature is too low, it will cause various problems during hatching. After the larvae hatch, attention should be paid to feeding food. Newly born young grasshoppers have a small appetite and do not eat much, but they relatively like eating tender leaves, so young leaves of various plants can be used. When it rains, attention should be paid to protecting the young grasshoppers, controlling the temperature well, and trying to ensure that the temperature does not fluctuate much, but also ensuring that the farming shed has a certain humidity, ensuring sufficient light time, and creating the most suitable growth environment for grasshoppers.
2. Prevention and control of natural enemies
When establishing a farming site, be sure to remove miscellaneous insects on the ground, such as ants and other small insects, because these insects will destroy grasshopper eggs. Insecticides or pouring boiling water can be used. The existence of these animals must be eliminated from the farming site, and the eggs of natural enemies should also be destroyed. Then do a good job of disinfection around the area to prevent natural enemies from entering from outside the farming site, which would have a very large impact on the growth and development of locusts.
3. Strengthen feeding
Feeding young grasshoppers is very important, because the bodies of young grasshoppers are very fragile, especially when they molt. A small mistake can cause the young grasshoppers to die, and grasshoppers will show a phenomenon of the big eating the small. Young grasshoppers can be fed foods such as wheat bran and corn leaves. Protecting young grasshoppers is necessary work in our rearing process. Only by protecting young grasshoppers well can they effectively continue to reproduce and increase the number available for market.
4. Overwintering management
Grasshoppers are relatively sensitive to temperature changes and are not very suited to low-temperature environments, so doing a good job of overwintering management in winter is very important. During overwintering management, emphasis should be placed on keeping the eggs warm. There is no need to move the farming site. Place a layer of weeds or cotton quilts over the egg area to do a good job of insulation. If conditions permit, some heating equipment can be set up in the farming site. These can effectively maintain the surface temperature and help them successfully overwinter.
The above is a brief introduction to the key points of grasshopper farming management. Although grasshopper farming is relatively simple, it still requires us to have a certain level of farming skill. Grasshoppers have relatively high economic value and good prospects, but sales channels are still a problem now. Grasshoppers have only become a relatively popular wild food in recent years, and many people find it hard to accept them, or are even afraid of them, so everyone should also consider market demand when farming them. This article is for reference only. Thank you for reading and supporting.