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The first lily beetles of the season 2018!!!

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
edited April 2018 in The potting shed
I've just found a pair of lily beetles, doing what lily beetles do, on a penstemon in the middle of the garden ... they are now 'ex lily beetles'  >:)

We've not got any lilies in the garden this year .... having a few years without them as after my accident last summer I wasn't able to get out there and squidge so they decimated the lilies ... presumably this pair was just some of last year's progeny. 

Anyone else seen any yet? 

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    edited April 2018
    Thought I saw one this afternoon. Squishing fingers at the ready... but turned out to be a strangely elongated ladybird :D

    Warning to all ladybirds - be fat and round like you should be. I may not be wearing my specs next time!! :D :
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • SussexsunSussexsun Posts: 1,444
    I picked one off a tulip this morning. You know your garden is behind when the lily beetles appear before any sign of a lily. They are just sitting waiting for those nice tender new shoots to appear😩
    To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    Oh no, it is the one animal that makes me dread going into the garden. I think I would prefer a few wildebeest frankly. :/
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’m like that with vine weevil can’t bear the little perfectly clean little blighters. I have to pick them out of plant pots with tweezers. Even with gloves on. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Lilybeanz🌸Lilybeanz🌸 Posts: 66
    I also hate vine weevils! They destroyed lots of my plants/flowers last year as I only learned what they were after asking on this site, I have only ever had lily beetle once, hopefully they will all stay away this year 
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I found one a few days ago. It was frozen solid!
  • diggingdorisdiggingdoris Posts: 513
    I've killed ten lily bugs over the last two days.
  • StevedaylillyStevedaylilly Posts: 1,102
    Found 3 on one Asiatic Lilly today but not on any other. It's a shame as they aren't an unattractive insect unlike slugs whose appearance is shameful 
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527

    I found one so far on crown imperial fritillaria while out slug hunting by touch light. 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    4 (2 mating pairs) on a single Madonna lily today.  No others spotted on any of the others.  So far.. >:)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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