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Occurrence and control of black velvet beetles in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Black plush beetle (commonly known as mole tiger), body length 7-8 mm, body color black brown or purple brown, body surface has dark brown villi. It occurs one generation a year, overwinters as adults, unearthed in April of the following year, and then feeds on the leaves of weeds, poplars, willows and elms. After the crop seedlings are unearthed, they migrate to sunflowers, legumes and other crops to feed. Lurking in weeds and soil crevices during the day. More than flying out of the cluster in the evening, eating willow, elm, young leaves of fruit trees, alfalfa and sunflowers, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans and other crop seedlings. Adults have pseudo-death and phototaxis. At 5-

Black plush beetle (commonly known as mole tiger), body length 7-8 mm, body color black brown or purple brown, body surface has dark brown villi. It occurs one generation a year, overwinters as adults, unearthed in April of the following year, and then feeds on the leaves of weeds, poplars, willows and elms. After the crop seedlings are unearthed, they migrate to sunflowers, legumes and other crops to feed. Lurking in weeds and soil crevices during the day. More than flying out of the cluster in the evening, eating willow, elm, young leaves of fruit trees, alfalfa and sunflowers, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans and other crop seedlings. Adults have pseudo-death and phototaxis. Adults lay eggs from May to July. After the eggs are hatched into larval grubs, they continue to bite the underground roots and stems of the crops.

Prevention and control measures:

The main results are as follows: 1. Artificial hunting and killing: making use of the false death habits of adult pests, the masses are mobilized to kill adults by vibrating and falling method at dusk, which is carried out continuously in a large area.

2. Light trapping: use the phototaxis of pests at night, light or insecticidal lamp to trap and kill.

3. Poison bait: black velvet beetles appear most in warm and windless weather, and generally fly out at 6-10:00 after sunset in the afternoon. Making use of the habit of eating the branches and leaves of elm, willow and poplar, the branches of poplar and willow can be sprayed and dipped in 80% trichlorfon 100 times liquid in the evening, and then scattered in the field to trap and kill its adults.

4. Poisonous soil contact killing: the ground is sprinkled with enemy horse powder or armour enemy powder, and then the shallow hoe is mixed with the soil, and the pest can be killed when it is lurking into the soil.

5. Spray control: the following pesticides are selected on the damaged crops for foliar and surface spray control. 40% phoxim 2000 times, 4.5% cypermethrin 2000 times, 4.5% ladyfish EC 1500 times, 1.8% avermectin 2000 times.

 
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