Barley worms belong to the phylum arthropods, insects, coleoptera, and insects of the family Apiaceae. The larvae are 70 mm to 80 mm long, 5 mm to 6 mm wide, and the individual worms weigh 1.3 g to 1.5 g. It is three or four times the body length, weight and width of its mealworm or mealworm. In recent years, China has been introduced from Southeast Asian countries, called barley worm, super bread worm, high protein worm.
Barley worms are the most ideal feed insects for artificial farming. The larvae of barley worm contain 51% crude protein, 29% fat content, and also contain a variety of sugars, amino acids, vitamins, hormones, enzymes and minerals phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, calcium and so on. High nutritional value, broad market prospects, it can be used as a high-protein fresh feed. It is used to raise frogs, turtles, scorpions, centipedes, snakes, high-quality fish, ornamental birds, medicinal animals, precious fur animals and rare livestock and poultry.
Barley worm is large, the growth cycle and speed are the same as that of mealworm, the food is heterogeneous, the adaptability is wide, the bran and mixed formula feed and vegetables, melon and fruit scraps are the mainstay, the feed source is extensive, the feeding cost is low, and it is suitable for extensive breeding in various regions of China. Its yield is 5 times that of mealworm, and the economic benefits are obvious.
Barley worm breeding in the international market has just started, in 2007 Zhengzhou Kemaira Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., through a long period of testing and feeding, can provide suitable compound feed according to different growth periods, in terms of feed formula, temperature and humidity, pupal feathering and other key technologies, summed up the basic law of barley worm breeding and reproduction, fundamentally and completely solved the situation that China can not raise this insect and rely on imports, in the country first solved the technical problems that have plagued our country for many years, Thus creating good conditions for large-scale aquaculture. Barley worm is a high-quality live protein feed with great development potential, which will produce great economic benefits for China's special animal and pet breeding industry.