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Good guy/bad guy?

Heartinthedirt

Heartinthedirt Posts: 300

April 2022 in The potting shed

Anyone know what this is on fritillary? Hard to get a decent pic, it kept moving around. Very camera shy! Quite long antenna, if that helps.

It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost

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Uff Posts: 3,199

April 2022

It looks like the lily beetle @Heartinthedirt
Definitely bad guy if it is.

SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
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punkdoc Posts: 15,039

April 2022

Agree with @Uff.
fritillaries are the same family as Lillies.

How can you lie there and think of England
When you don't even know who's in the team

S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

April 2022

I agree with Uff.

Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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Heartinthedirt Posts: 300

April 2022

Thanks Team!👍☺️

It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
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Ilikeplants Posts: 894

April 2022

Bad, look out for his sticky mucky babies too.

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AnniD Posts: 12,585

April 2022

RHS have a lily beetle survey
https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/lily-beetle

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