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Lily Beetle !!!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    How do they find the lillies? There were no other lillies in the vicinity that I know of.

    Might there have been eggs in the bulbs?

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364

    You really dont need white spirit. It is nasty stuff. Just use a jar with water and a good squirt of washing up liquid. The washing up liqiud breaks and natural  oils on the surface of the beetles bodies  and they sink and drown very quickly.




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

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Lamweedy , never thought about washing up liquid , originaly used water which didn't really work image

  • Rebecca110Rebecca110 Posts: 1,485

    Lamweedy is right just use some washing up liquid it works.

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