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A Detailed Guide to the Identification and Control Techniques of the Black Velvet Chafer

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The black velvet chafer is commonly known as the "blind bumper" or "big velvet mandarin jacket." It mainly damages soybean seedlings in its adult form (the chafer), biting the growing points or severing young stems. When outbreaks are severe, it can eat the seedlings bare, causing missing plants and broken rows, or even ruining the field. This insect has one generation per year, overwintering as adults in the soil, and occurs more often in fields following soybeans. From late April to early May, it first feeds on weeds; after soybean seedlings emerge, it bites the soybean seedlings. At night this insect hides in the soil and comes out during the day to cause damage. It feeds most heavily from 3-5 pm, and the number of insects is greatest on windless, warm days. Control methods: 2.5

The black velvet chafer is commonly known as the "blind bumper" or "big velvet mandarin jacket." It mainly damages soybean seedlings in its adult form (the chafer), biting the growing points or severing young stems. When outbreaks are severe, it can eat the seedlings bare, causing missing plants and broken rows, or even ruining the field. This insect has one generation per year, overwintering as adults in the soil, and occurs more often in fields following soybeans. From late April to early May, it first feeds on weeds; after soybean seedlings emerge, it bites the soybean seedlings. At night this insect hides in the soil and comes out during the day to cause damage. It feeds most heavily from 3-5 pm, and the number of insects is greatest on windless, warm days.

Control methods: Spray with 2.5% trichlorfon powder at 2 kg per 667 sq m. Or use insecticides such as 2.5% deltamethrin, 5% lambda-cyhalothrin, or 2.5% kung fu at 15-20 ml per 667 sq m, mixed with about 40 kg of water, and spray.

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