I. Feeding and management
There are two ways to cultivate centipedes artificially:
1, semi-natural outdoor culture mostly adopts pond culture. Aquaculture ponds should be built in places with good ventilation and drainage conditions. A sunny place. Dig 80 cm deep from the ground, with an area of 5- 10 square meter. A ditch with a width of 10 cm and a depth of 3 cm was built around the fence mouth, and a trough with a width of 30 cm and a depth of 3 cm was built near the inside of the ditch for feeding. A shed should be set up above the aquaculture pond for sun protection and rain protection. In order to prevent centipedes from escaping, the walls and ditches of the culture pond should be smooth; Spread loose fine sand with a thickness of about 10 cm on the bottom of the pool, then fill in fermented animal feces with a thickness of 3 cm, sprinkle some chicken feathers and bones on the feces, and finally spread broken tiles or gravel.
2. There are two kinds of indoor artificial propagation: in-cylinder stocking and indoor stocking:
(1) In-tank stocking: several tanks are set indoors, and the bottom of the tanks is covered with soil with a thickness of about 10cm. Several layers of tiles and stones are piled on the soil surface, covered with small sacks, and the mouths of the tanks are covered with fine wire mesh.
② Indoor stocking: It is best to have a ceiling in the room used in the feeding room, or lay barbed wire on the roof, and set iron screen doors and screens to prevent centipedes from escaping. Around the room, tiles, sand, stones and a small amount of soil were piled up in the rubble to create as many gaps as possible suitable for centipede habitat. In order to make full use of space, the gravel pile can be piled as high as possible.
Artificial feeding can choose feeds according to local conditions, such as various insects, earthworms, fish, shrimp, eggs, meat, animal blood, miscellaneous bones, melons and fruits, etc. However, it is required not to feed fresh, spoiled or stale food. You can feed it every 2 ~ 3 days, but you need to clean up the last leftovers when you feed it for the second time. Centipede has the habit of drinking water, so every time you feed it, you should put enough water in the water fountain.
The first batch of artificially cultivated centipede provenances mostly came from captured wild centipedes. As a variety, it is required to choose centipedes that have reached sexual maturity at the age of 3 ~ 5, are healthy, active and have a dark and shiny back. The ratio of male to female is 10: 2.
Centipedes have worse eyesight during the day than at night, and most of them are unsociable. The peak of predation at night is 8 ~ 1 1. The optimum temperature is 25 ~ 30℃, and centipede is inactive below 65438 00℃, which is not conducive to its survival. The weather is sultry, with frequent activities at night after a thunderstorm and little activity when it is windy and rainy. Therefore, the activity of centipede is related to climate factors, which should be adjusted at any time. In order to make centipede safe in winter, a ditch with a depth of 80 ~ 100 cm can be dug in the breeding pond, and the garbage and excavated soil are mixed evenly according to the ratio of L: 2, and the ditch is filled up. Then cover with tiles and broken bricks and release the centipede. Cover the tiles and broken bricks with a layer of straw or fine soil to raise the soil temperature and keep it stable, so as to ensure the centipede to overwinter safely. If raised indoors, doors and windows should be closed, grass curtains should be hung, and the indoor temperature should be raised with charcoal fire if necessary.
Second, the reproduction of centipedes.
To cultivate centipedes, male and female identification should be carried out first, and the ratio of male and female should be mastered. A more accurate and reliable identification method is: gently squeeze the tail genitalia with your fingers to determine whether there is a sex of the degenerated reproductive limb. The female centipede has no reproductive limbs on the web of the anterior genital joint, while the male centipede has a pair of degenerated reproductive limbs and penis. Scolopendra lays eggs, which gradually mature in late spring and early summer every year, and the spawning period is from late June to mid-July. Before laying eggs, the female centipede is bloated, her abdomen is almost close to the ground, and she moves slowly. She will dig a shallow cave to lay eggs by herself. Hatching is usually carried out in caves, and some people choose to lay eggs under rocky piles or near tree roots, 20-60 eggs at a time. The life cycle of centipede is generally 5 years, and a few individuals can reach 6 years. The maximum length can reach 17 cm, and the maximum weight can reach14 g. After 4 years, the centipede grows to sexual maturity and begins its first reproduction. The second reproduction takes place in the fifth year. For more details, you can go directly here to see www.di 1ny. cn/html/thread-8770-1.html, or directly search for "centipede" on "First Agricultural Technology Network di1ny.cn", and there will be a lot about centipede breeding.