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Lily beetle

Jason millyJason milly Posts: 546
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The lily beetle is out in force in my area not on lillys yet but all on my imperial fritillaria I keep killing them before they get started . 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Squashed two today.
    How do they find the lilies when there's only leaves?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    2on my philadelphus today! 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Squashed 15 on my Madonna lilies yesterday. Couldn't see any today.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yuk. That's a lot!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Jason millyJason milly Posts: 546
    More this year everyday I am killing on average 3 a day, I put them on floor and one big stamp by foot as I hate it when they scream. 
  • JemulaJemula Posts: 196
    I’ve squashed about 10 today. They don’t seem so keen on the martagon lilies though. 
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Last years the lilies were hardly touched.  Very different this year.  I've been at 'em with the bug spray :D
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I go out every morning with my pinching fingers twitching. None today, but I found a sticky poo grub yesterday.  Yuk
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    I have been picking the Lily beetles off some fritillaries. I had a good haul picking them off snd dumping them in a jar of washing up liquid.  Even hubby got involved with a pair of old tweezers for those who try to fall off and hide.  



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Constant battle here in my Paris pot garden. Between Lilly beetles and vine weevil my poor plants always end up with chomped leaves and flowers on bare stems.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
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