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Occurrence and Control Methods of the Black Velvet Chafer in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi
The black velvet chafer (commonly known as "louhu") has a body length of 7-8 mm, a blackish-brown or purplish-brown body color, and blackish-brown fine hairs on its body surface. It has one generation per year and overwinters as an adult. In April of the following year, it emerges and becomes active, then feeds on the leaves of weeds, poplar, willow, and elm trees. After crop seedlings emerge, it migrates to sunflowers, beans, and other crops to feed and cause damage. During the day, it hides in weeds and soil cracks. It mostly flies out in groups in the evening to cause damage, biting the tender leaves of willow, elm, and fruit trees, as well as the seedlings of crops such as alfalfa, sunflower, sweet potato, potato, and kidney bean. Adults have a death-feigning habit and phototaxis. From May to
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