【FAQ】How to raise pseudo-black spiny ants?
【Xiaobian answer】Pseudo-black spiny ants have high health value, rich in more than 20 kinds of amino acids and a variety of trace elements, and the protein content is 2 times that of beef. According to the data records, medicinal ant soaking wine can strengthen the body, and rheumatism, hepatitis B, stomach disease, asthma, cardiovascular, gynecological diseases, hair loss, gray hair, postpartum milk and other symptoms have a certain effect, the current wholesale price per kilogram is about 200 pieces.
Biological characteristics
The pseudo-black spiny ant is a gregarious, nesting, multi-grade, omnivorous insect. There are 3 grades in this ant colony: male, female and worker, and the soldier ant is a deformed worker ant, and the worker ant and soldier ant have no wings. The lifespan of different grades varies greatly, the female ants are generally 2 to 2.5 years, some can reach 3 years, the male ants live only 1 to 2 months, and the lifespan of worker ants and soldier ants is slightly longer than that of male ants, but only 3 to 4 months.
Captive rearing techniques
1. Breeding ant selection It is necessary to select breeding ants with large body, robustness, fullness, bright color, non-toxicity, wide adaptability, fast growth and development, easy feeding, strong reproductive ability and high economic value.
2. Site selection Balconies and courtyards can be raised, but it is best to choose indoor cement or mud, and the site area can be large or small. Indoor requirements to keep the air fresh, circulating, hygienic and clean, good sealing. In order to prevent rats, cockroaches and other miscellaneous ants from escaping, a ditch 40 cm wide above, 30 cm wide at the bottom and 20 cm high on the outer wall section can be dug around the ant farm, and the inner wall is sealed with cement and then filled with water. In this way, attention should be paid to removing weeds, leaves and other debris floating on the surface of the water at any time to prevent ants from escaping across the ditch with the help of these things. The use of balconies, corridors to breed ants, can be built wooden frame feeding, wooden frame every 25 ~ 30 cm for 1 layer, up and down, per square meter can raise 5 ~ 10 nests. When making an ant nest from a fast food box, a few small holes are worn in it to facilitate the entry, exit, breeding and nesting of ants. Ants have the habit of building nests, laying eggs, hatching, and storing food at the surface of the soil, so it is best to choose vegetable garden soil for feeding soil. The vegetable garden soil should be properly treated, first remove debris such as stones, glass, bricks, etc., and then crushed after exposure to the sun, and then crushed and sieved to achieve fine soft and loose, it can be filled in the breeding box or breeding rack for use.
3. Breeding environment requirements The growth and reproduction of ants are related to temperature and humidity control. The common temperature is 10 ~ 38 ° C, the best breeding temperature is 25 ~ 30 ° C, the ambient humidity is maintained at 80% ~ 90%, spraying water several times a day, and covering the plastic sheet outside the shed in winter.
4. Food Because ants have omnivorous, so artificial breeding can be used cornmeal, non-alkaline food, leftovers, rice bran, insect carcasses, melons, fruit cores, rotten pears, etc., you can also put some dried grass into the antbox and keep it loose, how much grass to put at the same level as the mouth of the box, not too much and not too little; at the same time, pay attention to the grass placed in the box should not be cut. Due to the small amount of food ants (the amount of food 1000 litters is equivalent to the amount of food of 5 chickens), there is no need to buy special feed.
5. Breeding conditions Such as suitable temperature and humidity, each nest of ants daily egg production capacity of up to 70 ~ 80 grains, survival rate of more than 80%, generally two months into a nest, 14 days for 1 breeding cycle, a large number of ants before the nest out to eat, at this time in the fast food box to add a little leaf, sawdust, 1 spoonful of sugar, ants can divide the nest by themselves.
6. Production of dried ants First let the ants starve for 3 to 5 days, and then put 1 plastic bag in its activity area, put a little sugar in the bag, and tie the bag tightly when the ants enter the bag to feed in large quantities, and expose them to the sun for 10 hours. After drying, put it in a sack, tie it to the mouth, and hang it in a cool, dry place to use.
Ants are arthropod phylums, insects, hymenoptera, and ant insects, which are widely distributed and closely related to humans. Although some species steal food, spread disease or harm crops, some species are very beneficial to humans, especially medicine ants are in short supply. In the past, people needed medicine ants mainly from the wild, wild ants are not only small in number, not easy to catch, and most of them are poisonous, and they are very susceptible to disease after taking, while artificially bred high-quality medicine ants have the characteristics of fast reproduction, less investment, less risk and high efficiency.