Primary provenances can be collected naturally in the field, and eggs, nymphs and adults can all be collected as provenances. It is best to collect spawning branches as the main way to obtain provenance.
Feeding objects are newly hatched nymphs and nearly hatched eggs. Branches with eggs collected directly from the wild or in the provenance are concentrated indoors to promote hatching.
Hatching method: In a plastic box with a length of 70cm, a width of 40cm and a height of 20cm, the bottom is paved with fine dry sand with a thickness of 5- 10cm, the egg branches are tied vertically or horizontally, and the water is continuously sprayed with a small sprayer to keep the air around the egg branches high in humidity, so that excess water drops are absorbed by the fine sand at the bottom. Check the hatching of eggs constantly in the middle. When nymphs are found to be active, we can put branches and fine sand in the breeding place.
The captive cicada monkeys are dug out of the ground, or let them be unearthed freely and captured in the mature harvest season. Wash the collected cicada monkeys with clear water, remove the sediment, then submerge the cicada monkeys in the box with water and put them in the refrigerator for frozen preservation.
Understand the living habits of monkeys
Cicada belongs to Insecta, Homoptera and Cicadellidae, and it is an incomplete metamorphosis insect. Its growth and development go through three stages: egg, nymph and adult. In late July, female adults began to lay eggs after mating, usually on branches with a diameter of about 5 mm. When laying eggs, many oblique egg chambers with a depth of 0.5 ~ 1.0 cm were pricked on the branches with an ovipositor, and 6~8 fertilized eggs were laid in one egg chamber, which began to hatch in June after overwintering.
Nymphs fall to the ground, then dive into the soil and get nutrients by sucking the juice from the roots of plants. Nymphs usually live in the soil for 3~5 years, or even longer, until the last larva drills out of the ground and climbs up nearby weeds, trees, etc. Finally, stay on the branches and leaves, bark, molt and feather into adults. Mating and spawning began 20 days after emergence, and the peak of spawning appeared from the end of June to the end of August, and gradually entered the end of spawning.