TheGreenMan... With blackfly, it's black, well red-black.
With Lily Beetles, it's red, well coccineal. Bigger b*gg*rs than blackfly. It you have to squash the larvae, they are $h*ts! I pull off the whole leaf and bin.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I stopped growing philadelphus because of the blackfly. I cut Lily beetles in half with pointy nail scissors. Much less messy and they don't get the chance to do the upside down hiding in plain sight thing.
Too many this year,found blasting then with the hose, they're back the following day,even the dahlias are badly affected,so it's been a bit of washing up liquid and water in a cheap spray
Coronarius aureus is then only one I've kept as it doesn't seem bothered by blackfly. I only grow it for the lime green foliage as I don't think the flowers match.
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With Lily Beetles, it's red, well coccineal. Bigger b*gg*rs than blackfly. It you have to squash the larvae, they are $h*ts! I pull off the whole leaf and bin.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I cut Lily beetles in half with pointy nail scissors. Much less messy and they don't get the chance to do the upside down hiding in plain sight thing.
I have had them really badly on runner beans in the past.
But whilst here, would your scissor technique work on a pair caught in flagrante?
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
First snip the humper then snip the humpee.