Red Lily Beetle beware .................

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  1. Spruce

    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Hi all

    Lily beetle's loving the sunshine today !!!!! well until I found them

    Just keep a eye out like Armandii said in a earlier post , not always on the lily plant as mine are only two inches high.

    Both sitting on a foxglove leaf but not far away looking at those big fat juicey buds

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    I've got two large pots crammed with lilies and the lilies are about 6" high so far - and as yet I've not seen the lily beetle. You live further South than me, Spruce, so no doubt you're suffering them before I do. I'll be keeping an eye out for them !
     
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    none seen in my garden yet since i started using a few year ago Provado Ultimate Bug Killer
    have had less each year. workes best on the grubs so i still need to get rid of the
    adults by hand
     
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    Arrrgh, there were 3 Lily Beetles on one of my Lily pots yesterday - they didn't leave the garden alive!!

    The battle begins!!
     
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    Started squashing ours today. They've been eating the leaves away already.
     
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    Only wish I could see the blighters. I only notice the damage when they have gone!
     
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    "I say, I say, I say. My dustbins full of of Lillies"
     
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    The little gits ! I saw two of them 'doing' what bugs 'do', so I brought them to a timely end. What a way to go! :D
     
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      What do you mean, Galore, you never see them??!! They're those red things sitting on a deck chair inn the sun, wearing sunglasses on the lily leaves - you can't miss them!!

      I say , I say, I say, Ziggy, were they Lily Marlene's???

      Trouble is I saw another three today - they buried down at the bottom of the garden now, RIP.
       
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      Free Red Lily Beetle Insect Picture

      No, Lilly the Pink.:heehee:
       
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      I like Gardening.:dbgrtmb: Lily beetles loving the sunshine today. Well.......Until I Found it. Only I wish I could see the brighters.:yess:
       
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      Last summer I treated twice all my lilies with a low concentration of freshly squeezed lemon. I rubbed the stems and both sides of each leaf with a cotton ball. It worked as a perfect repellent. :)
       
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      Not seen any here yet Spruce, thank god, at least they won't bother your daylilies :-), they leave that job for the flippin gall midge.
      Ooo not heard of that Angelina, I'll give it a go.
       
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      Went out yesterday to check and 4 of the blighters, started my spraying will be checking every day to squash them,

      I hope my neighbour next door but one has bought some "Provado" this year, I am sick of telling him they are not ladybirds with no spots
       
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      Hi
      you caught up with me then !!!!

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