I live in East Leake leicestershire and for the first time this year have discovered lilly beetles all over all my pots of lillies I would like some advice on how to dispose of the lilly plants as they are to far gone to treat.
Update June 2009 These must rank as the gardener's least favourite insect. It's a hopeless task me going on about how pretty they are, isn't it. I've only one piece of advice. Keep squishing.
Yep, me too. My lilies have been destroyed by a red and black insect which matches the descriptions above. I'm in Christchurch, Dorset, fairly close to the beach. Bugger!!
I live in Breda, The Netherlands and my beautiful fiery red lilies were devoured by this pest too. I squished them but always use gloves because they irritate the skin! I noticed too they make a squeecking noice when you disturb or harm them and the other beatles will hide. On the internet i found some other sites about this topic. I used a bio spray from Pokon with kalium salts. But if youre willing to use insecticide this is recommended:FORMUSECT, TALSTAR 2.5 TB of BIO-PYRETREX . You have to spray it in the evening when the beatles are most active and start when the plant is 15 cm tall. Dont forget to spray at the ground/lowest leaves too, for there they hide. I hope it works
Oh! and if you squich them by hand,.. the eggs are very hard. You`ll have to make sure theire finished or remove all infected leaves and put them in a bucket with soap/spiritus.
The bugs are hard to kill too. I hate the feeling of them wiggeling between my fingers. So: use a pair of tongs. Its harsh, I felt so bad for killing them,.. But i love my lilies more.
Hi, I have a a beautiful spread of lilies but have noticed that the leaves are being eaten by a horrible little insect that resembles a lady-bird I keep cleaning the leaves and removing the eggs but next day they're back again, is there anything I can do to deter these horrid things from killing my much loved lilies.
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These must rank as the gardener's least favourite insect. It's a hopeless task me going on about how pretty they are, isn't it. I've only one piece of advice. Keep squishing.
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I noticed too they make a squeecking noice when you disturb or harm them and the other beatles will hide.
On the internet i found some other sites about this topic. I used a bio spray from Pokon with kalium salts. But if youre willing to use insecticide this is recommended:FORMUSECT, TALSTAR 2.5 TB of BIO-PYRETREX . You have to spray it in the evening when the beatles are most active and start when the plant is 15 cm tall. Dont forget to spray at the ground/lowest leaves too, for there they hide.
I hope it works
The bugs are hard to kill too. I hate the feeling of them wiggeling between my fingers. So: use a pair of tongs. Its harsh, I felt so bad for killing them,.. But i love my lilies more.
Good luck!
Any ideas please!
Could be the grubs. They cover themselves in their own excrement so are almost invisible in the gloopy bobbles.