What bug's you?

troll35

If they didn't have spots then they were probably lily beetles , pretty colour but a gardeners nightmare

mrbadexample

sillyvixen wrote: »

there was one thing that bothered me - it was red and shiney and had a hard looking shell it was about 7mm long and there were at least 2 of them i could not get any closer to give a better discription - they really freaked me!!!!

Was it a beetle of some sort?

sillyvixen

mrbadexample wrote: »

Was it a beetle of some sort?

possibly - dont know - i didn't like it!!

Ancalime

It's nice to know which creepy crawlies are good, I've just spent a large part of the evening de slugging my plants. eugh I hate those little blighters.

Night-owl_6

mrbadexample wrote: »

Sorry, they're very discerning, and only inhabit the finest establishments. :rotfl:

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alanobrien

sillyvixen wrote: »

there was one thing that bothered me - it was red and shiney and had a hard looking shell it was about 7mm long and there were at least 2 of them i could not get any closer to give a better discription - they really freaked me!!!!

Could be these, they are very common in the uk now
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0500/beetle.asp

olly300

alanobrien wrote: »

Could be these, they are very common in the uk now
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0500/beetle.asp

If you do see them you are suppose to squash them.

ixwood

As said, sounds like a lily beetle. Do you have lilies?

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bsimmons/photos/insects/btll02.jpg

Bit of nightmare. "interestingly" their larvae carry their crap on top of them so they cunningly look like bird poo and don't get noticed. Or failing that, nothing wants to eat them anyway, as they look so digusting,

I had some last year and luckily was able to get rid of them by dunking my lily pot into a big container of soapy water for 10 minutes. If they're planted in the ground, it's much more difficult.

mrbadexample

Check out my enormous worm! I found him today - it's the biggest one I've ever seen! I reckon he'd top 40cm at full stretch! :eek:

Edfunk

ixwood wrote: »

As said, sounds like a lily beetle. Do you have lilies?

I had some last year and luckily was able to get rid of them by dunking my lily pot into a big container of soapy water for 10 minutes. If they're planted in the ground, it's much more difficult.

Hiya, we've got problems with Lilly Beetles - i've sprayed with Bayer Provado but they seem to keep on comin back

When you say you "dunked" your pot - what do you mean ?? Did you just dunk it straight into a bucket of water inc fairy liquid ?? Does this work then ??

These little !!!!!!s are really anoying me !! Then yesturday found that mr + mrs Snail had developed a taste for the young tips of my lilies :mad: - chomped their way through 2/3 heads !!