little red thing

[jackie j]

Today i found a little bright red fly like thing on my Asiatic Lily's they are in a pot and have survived from last year and are doing really well. Is this a goody or baddy pest?

[scarey55]

I don't think it's a good thing. Can you get to see last night's Gardeners World on iplayer perhaps, there was a spot about them on there. I think it may be a Scarlet lilly beetle
Some info here

[jackie j]

It didnt have any spots but yeah it did look a bit like that will go and check again and get rid thanks for info

[bramble]

That sounds like the dreaded lily beetle. Check out your plants and make sure to kill them as you find them. Also look for their eggs, they will look like orange beads on the underside of the leaves. Kill them all. If they're only on one plant put it in isolation away from any other lilys you may have.

[SueA]

It's bound to be lily beetle. Although they look very pretty I'd squash any you see & check the leaves of your lily to see if there are any tiny orangey-red eggs & remove them also. If they've already bred you'll see slimey bugs on the leaves as they develop, squash these too or you'll end up with lilies fuull of holes or eaten to the ground. I found 3 in the last week so they're on the prowl! Here's a pic. of one I found last week.

[Two_Sheds]

You need to kill the larvae too - they look like bird crap on the leaves (they cover themselves in their own excrement - charming).
Left alone, they will destroy all your lilies, no kidding. Get rid. Check your plants weekly as more will fly in to have a free lunch.

[jackie j]

Thanks have got rid of the offender wondered why they had holes in leaves I have had a good look and cant find anything else will keep looking tho. I have got another pot with lillies in but they are not doing so well only just emerging.

[heebiejeebie]

I let my chooks free range yesterday. They ate a few lily beetles then ate the lillies.

[Alison]

If you've got one then you'll have loads, keep checking and squash any on sight, they're terrible things that have only recently been found this far north. Climate change has a lot to answer for....................

[abby]

Just a note to say you have to be sneaky with the little blighter's too I have found a good way it to put a bowl under the leaf that its sitting on before it dives head first for cover ,and if you miss first time go back the next day.

[abby]

Thanks for the info on Lilly Beetle

That sounds like the dreaded lily beetle. Check out your plants and make sure to kill them as you find them. Also look for their eggs, they will look like orange beads on the underside of the leaves. Kill them all. If they're only on one plant put it in isolation away from any other lilys you may have.

I didn't know to look for the eggs, so this is great information

[Two_Sheds]

I didn't know to look for the eggs, so this is great information

Oh yes - they are quick workers. I am killing 3 adults a day on average, and still finding holes in leaves, and eggs under leaves. No larvae yet thank goodness ( they are 'gusting: look in my album on here for close ups)

[Alison]

Strangely enough we get loads of them in the back garden to the point I've given up growing lillies there but they seem fine on the front and it's not exactly like our house is a mansion so it's not far away.