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By Malboy1

West Midlands, United Kingdom

I have a problem with my garden lillies in the way of a small red beetle which is eating the green and ruining the flower How do I get rid of it




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This is the Lily Beetle - lots of info here:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Science/Plant-pests/Lily-beetle

Because they fly you can't effectively spray them, even if you wanted to. The only long-term control is to pick them off (both the adults and the larvae which obviously don't fly!) and break the generation-cycle. The problem is that even if you eradicate them from your Lilies they can and will fly in from neighbouring gardens.

1 Jul, 2010

 

OK thanks for the info guess I am going to be busy picking little red pests

1 Jul, 2010

How do I say thanks?

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