LIly beetle

[roitelet]

For those of you who might not be familiar with this pest. These are the eggs of the dreaded beetle just beginning to hatch. The second picture is of the grubs that do the damage.

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Roitelet. Brilliant photos of the horrible things.
been seeing the beetles for a couple of months now. I've been spraying the plants with dilute neem oil - not sure it if works but it makes me feel that I'm doing something.

[roitelet]

Here’s the culprit!!!!! Partly squashed, the only way I could keep it still enough to photograph. I finished the job later!!!

The only way I have found of sort of controlling them is the finger and thumb method and a piece of kitchen roll to wipe of the grubs DAILY.

[scarey55]

Awful things They decimated my lilies last year. Thanks for the timely reminder

[Jungle Jane]

I don’t grow lilies,I hadn’t seen a lily beetle for years but this one was in my kitchen same time as I bought a gojiberry & blackberry a couple of months ago from the garden centre,there was a shield bug on one of them but I left that in the front garden,I should’ve checked them over better,if I’d had lilies it would’ve had babies on them,importing pests is seriously bad. I had to ID this then I killed it,it’s really mean but it’s plant defence,plus I don’t even have lilies it was on my kitchen window being sad.

[Thelma Sanders]

I've been squishing some most days, horrible smelly things. It's annoying when they fall off onto their backs, so you can't find them easily to squash'em Grr

[roitelet]

One hand underneath and one to catch them. Then if they do fall off they fall into your hand.

[DannyK]

They attack fritillaria too.

I use a systemic.

The grubs can be washed off with water jet.