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Garden pests
Magnolia 1
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Anyone come across lily beetles yet? I found one when gardening this afternoon. Is it a bit early to be finding them?
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some of my snakes head fritillaries have been munched
I found one overwintering amongst the gravel and dead leaves in a pot of agapanthus a month ago - it is now an ex lily beetle
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Better keep a lookout for more then. You definitely have to squash them to get rid -ugh!
I hold a a piece of paper under my fritillaries and catch them as they fall off [ they have an escape mechanism of falling off the plant if disturbed]. I tenderly place them on one of my paving flags then crush them with a stone [and great satisfaction].
Make your garden more attractive to hedgehogs. Naturally hunt them down.