Generally, the base area is 50 cm x 40 cm, with a height of about 30-40 cm. Too small tanks cannot hold many centipedes, and too large tanks are not easy to move. A layer of crushed gravel should be placed at the bottom of the tank, covered by a 5-15 cm layer of breeding soil. Tiles should be stacked on the surface of the soil, with the height of the tiles being 10-15 cm lower than the tank opening. The tank opening should be covered with an iron mesh. When breeding in small quantities, tank breeding can be used, but it has poor ventilation, easily accumulates water at the bottom, and centipedes are prone to green stiff disease. Therefore, the breeding density should be controlled during breeding. Additionally, the humidity of the breeding soil should be monitored, and dry breeding soil should replace it when the humidity exceeds 20%.
The main breeding methods for centipedes at the Agricultural Science People-Oriented Breeding Base include box breeding, tank breeding, and pool breeding. Regardless of the method used, gaps and nests for centipedes to rest must be created, with appropriate sizes that ensure both activity space for centipedes and convenience for breeders' management.
A wooden box can be made using fiberboard plus 1.5 cm thick wooden strips. Generally, the box is 50 cm wide, 100 cm long, and 40 cm high. The box opening should have an iron or plastic mesh cover. The inside of the box should be lined with a layer of plastic film used for food packaging to keep the inner walls smooth. A 5-15 cm layer of breeding soil should be placed at the bottom of the box, with 20 tile pieces per box, stacked in groups of five inside the box. The tiles should be cleaned and fully absorbed with water. A gap of about 2 cm should be left in the middle for centipedes to rest. This area serves as both the dining area for centipedes and their nighttime activity place. Such wooden boxes can house 200-300 medium-sized centipedes or 100-150 large centipedes per square meter. The surrounding fiberboard can also be replaced with Ethylene纶 flat-woven netting to form a cage similar to a mosquito net. This type of cage is lighter and can be stacked into a three-dimensional cage, saving space.
Hubei Centipede Breeding Comprehensive Processing Hubei Centipede Breeding Promotion Center Agricultural Science People-Oriented Breeding Base uses glass tanks or earthenware tanks.
1. Location Selection
The location for the breeding pool should be selected on a sunny slope, avoiding rainwater accumulation during the rainy season and preventing direct cold northern winds in winter to ensure a relatively warm microclimate.
2. General Construction of the Breeding Pool
The common breeding pool is rectangular, with the size determined according to specific conditions. The bottom is preferably constructed with bricks and cement mortar joints, which allow better drainage compared to concrete flooring. The walls of the pool are built with bricks, with a layer of "virgin soil" filled inside. The inner wall above the soil layer is smoothed with cement and embedded with glass or plastic film. The smooth surface material effectively prevents centipedes from climbing up the walls and escaping. Therefore, each seam between the glass or film must be carefully crafted to avoid rough longitudinal seams where centipedes might escape. The "virgin soil" within the pool should be free of large amounts of farmyard manure, making it purer and less likely to cause contamination. Some people add cow dung and chicken feathers/bones to generate insects as food for centipedes, but this is not recommended because these substances are not essential nutrients for centipedes and instead create conditions for microbial proliferation, potentially leading to pollution. Black mold disease in centipedes is related to environmental pollution. The height of the glass-embedded inner wall needs to reach 30-40 cm. Currently, the height of the breeding pool walls (the height exceeding the external ground level) is designed to be either 40 cm or as high as 75-100 cm to prevent rat intrusion. Some breeding pools have a 15-20 cm wide feeding circle around the walls and a 12 cm wide, 1.5 cm deep shallow water ditch outside the feeding circle to provide drinking water and prevent centipedes from escaping.
3. Construction of Resting Beds
Old methods simply involved piling soil blocks inside the walls, later replaced by stacking broken bricks and tiles as resting beds for centipedes. Recently, there have been improvements with more regular brick-built centipede nests (resting beds). This is a significant improvement. Both horizontal and vertical nest construction forms can be used simultaneously within one breeding pool. However, according to experimental observations, the number of centipedes leaving their nests at night differs significantly between the two types: many more centipedes come out from the full horizontal brick nests than from the horizontal-vertical brick nests. It is speculated that this may be due to differences in the effective usable areas of the two types of nests. Full horizontal brick nests have a larger effective usable area, are easier to rest in, and safer, thus attracting more inhabitants, while horizontal-vertical brick nests have a much smaller effective usable area, with only narrow spaces suitable for crawling rather than living, resulting in fewer inhabitants. Therefore, when constructing vertical nests, it is preferable to use full horizontal brick nests. Due to the higher cost of old-style nests requiring additional facilities for shading, rain protection, and rodent prevention, a new low-cost nest without additional facilities has been designed. The cross-section of this new nest is tower-shaped, made of bricks and adobe, as shown in Figure 4-1(C). The outer layer uses bricks (24 cm x 12 cm x 5 cm), while the inner layer uses equally sized adobe blocks, allowing the construction of different sizes and multi-layered three-dimensional nests. The outer brick layer is resistant to rain, with narrow gaps of about 1 cm for centipedes to enter and exit while preventing rodent intrusion. The inner adobe layer is cost-effective and has good thermal insulation properties. During cooling seasons, centipedes can move inward or downward, gathering at the bottom of the nest. When winter comes, rice straw or other insulating materials can be laid over the outer layer. For wintering, additional insulating materials can be added. These tower-shaped nests can vary in size, and larger ones are better for outdoor mass breeding.
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