Goodness me , the dreaded Lily beetle along with all the other things that attack our lovely plants, well if you water the plants with vine weeval killer it does help to protect them also against Lily beetles, killing two pests for the price of one!!
every year i have to pick these little demons off my lillies their little grubs are a bit grim to remove but using something as easy to obtain as sunflower oil will make my life easier
Thank you for the advise I will be trying the sunflower oil! I have read that the insecticide, imidacloprid, you have recommended is possibly linked to honeybee colony collapse - is this true?
I am off to stamp on a few lily beetles and spray!
Have had this problem for 2 years now and will try the sunflower oil. Does anything remain on the plant and go down into the bulb ready to infest next season?
last year was my first infestation which i found on my himalayan lilies (cardiocrinums) and hemoracallis. luckily i caught it in time but i gave an oriental lily to my neighbour a couple of years ago which had been completely decimated. i had noticed that the lily wasnt flourishing as it had done in the past and then suddenly it completely died. do you think my lily beetle problem started with the plant that i gave to my neighbour? my lilies completely survived this attack.
Last year my hostas were covered in snails, I put them in a pail with salty water which is how I deal with slugs. however the snails were climing out the pail so I put vinegar in the pail as well, As I watched the snail was coming out it's shell, I could'nt stand to see them in agony,so I picked them out and put them back on the Hostas and left them to it. what a woos I am.
This year for the first time, I've found lily beetles on my garlic and shallot plants, also on the remainder of last years leeks... has anyone else encountered this problem? I didn't know they liked the alium family....
Before using thiacloprid, imidacloprid, acetamocloprid or any other neonicotinoid pesticide, I recommed visiting the Buglife website, to read their report summarising independent research on neonicotinoids. They kill bees & other non-target insects - eg. butterflies etc. Miniscule amounts impair the ability of insect to function resulting inevitably in death. Also, seek out the fact sheets from the US environment agency -you may get a shock! We used to manage without them & can now.
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I am off to stamp on a few lily beetles and spray!