Qilu Network Lightning News March 20 news Full full scorpion is mainly produced in the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, also known as "Yimeng whole scorpion". Every year from June to September is the peak period of scorpion breeding, as long as there are wild scorpions growing in the area, because of its high price, local residents regardless of men, women and children, regardless of the season to catch scorpions, wild scorpions gradually decreased.
On February 24 this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to adopt a decision on completely banning illegal wildlife trade, eliminating the bad habit of indiscriminately eating wild animals, and effectively protecting the people's life, health and safety, and established a system of comprehensive prohibition on the consumption of wild animals. However, whole scorpions, which are used for medicinal purposes, can be farmed artificially.
In the face of the huge medicinal market, it is more difficult for wild scorpions to meet the needs of the market after the ban on hunting and fasting. As the main producer of Yimeng whole scorpion, many years ago, local villagers in Mengyin County began to study artificial breeding of whole scorpion. Shi Zengjiang, a villager in Xitaoqu Village, Taoxu Town, Mengyin County, has been studying scorpion farming for 30 years. He created his own original breeding method, the 440-type scorpion breeding method. As the name suggests, a breeding space is 440 squares, consisting of 8 grid cement plates.
The cement boards and molds used in Shi Zengjiang's self-created "440 Breeding Method" were all studied and produced by himself in half a year. Due to the great difficulty of artificial scorpion raising, Shi Zengjiang has studied scorpion breeding for more than 30 years, but he has not suffered less. Shi Zengjiang told reporters: "Saying more is tears, at that time in the ground to raise, the temperature is not guaranteed." A pool was dug into the ground, and when heavy rain came, it filled up. This year basically drowned. One year I was running, and at night I was in this yard, surrounded by children, catching scorpions on my wall. ”
But Shi Zengjiang never gave up and still insisted on studying breeding technology. Although his self-created 440 scorpion breeding method has achieved certain results, because the temperature of artificial greenhouses is still affected by the season, it will take a scorpion a year or two to truly mature, with an annual output of about 50,000.
At present, the main use of the whole scorpion artificially cultivated in Shizengjiang is two, one is based on "seeds", that is, the farmers take it back and carry out artificial breeding. The remaining part that cannot be "seeds" enters the medicinal materials market.
Lightning News reporters Ning Jia and Wang Wenlong reported from Linyi Mengyin