A Complete Analysis of the Key Points of Artificial Mole Cricket Farming Techniques
The mole cricket is a very common pest, causing relatively serious damage in southern China, but mole crickets have high medicinal value. They are widely used in clinical treatment for urinary stones and edema, and also have a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on kidney inflammation and uremia. Because China now has a certain area of mole cricket farming, how should mole crickets be farmed? Below, the editor brings you the mole cricket farming techniques. Let's take a look!
1. Building the rearing pond
For large-scale mole cricket rearing, the first step is to build a rearing pond made from bricks and stones as raw materials. Control the number and area of rearing ponds according to the farming quantity. The bottom of the rearing pond should be filled with about 0.8-1 m of soil, then trampled firmly and compacted. Then add about 25 cm of fertilizer or soil rich in organic matter on top, and cover it with a layer of loose grain straw to provide a resting place for the mole crickets. Finally, cover the opening of the rearing pond with iron gauze, etc. First, to prevent the mole crickets from escaping; second, to shade the mole crickets and raise the temperature of the rearing pond.
2. Timely stocking
When preparing mole cricket stock, you can make use of the mole cricket's strong phototaxis and, during the peak activity periods of mole crickets in April and September each year, use lights near farmland to trap mole crickets. After catching the mole crickets, remove adults with missing body parts, injuries, that are thin and small, or diseased. Ensure the quality of the stock mole crickets is excellent; high-quality varieties are the key to ensuring successful farming. Therefore, the variety of mole cricket is very important. Do not use all the caught mole crickets for farming; they must be screened before timely stocking for farming, otherwise it will affect your farming benefits.
3. Feeding management
Mole crickets have very omnivorous feeding habits, mainly feeding on vegetable leaves and grain stems and leaves, but during artificial farming it is necessary to prepare some refined feed such as cooked rice grains and roasted grain crops. Generally, feeding is carried out in the evening each day. The feeding amount must not be too large, to avoid leftover feed after feeding. Green feed must be given once a day, and refined feed once every two days. When feeding, mainly give more feed in small amounts. Do not feed moldy or spoiled feed. The feed can be sun-dried to improve its storage quality. In summer and winter, do a good job of cooling and heat preservation to prevent the mole crickets from being unable to adapt to temperature changes.
4. Harvesting and processing
Artificially farmed mole crickets can be harvested once a year, but this mainly varies depending on the variety, among which the North China mole cricket requires harvesting once every two years. When harvesting, use a large-hole sieve to sift through the organic soil in the rearing pond and pick out the adults, then remove dirty matter. Do not harvest all of them; keep a portion to prepare for farming the next year. If there is a large amount of insect feces, replace the soil in time. After harvesting, remove the mole cricket's head, wings and legs, etc. After removing the internal organs, wash them clean, then scald them to death with hot water, dry them in the sun, and then deep-fry them into a snack food.
The above is a brief introduction to mole cricket farming techniques. It should be noted that the mole cricket is a pest. Therefore, during farming, prevent the mole crickets from escaping and posing a threat to planted crops. Be sure to do a good job of escape prevention to prevent unnecessary losses. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!