Lily Beetle 2015

[johnw]

Itching to get into the screened lily frame some found a small hole through which to enter.  They were frantic.  Subsequently hole sewn, bugs flattened.

johnw

[brianw]

We have one of these http://www.lakeland.co.uk/20455/Spider-Catcher.
Seems to work well for lily beetles and I have a higher success rate at catching with it, so far.

[Darren]

Did anyone else's lily beetles suddenly disappear in May? I was picking loads of them off until we had a couple of days of very unseasonable gales and cold weather in late May. I've not seen a lily beetle since. There has been food available - last year I almost threw away my Calochortus barbatus as I couldn't keep them away from it - this year it remains unblemished.

[Tony Willis]

I live down the road a few miles from Darren and mine disappeared about the same time. I put it down to the cold wet summer we have had. Not had a single butterfly this year.

[Palustris]

Most of the beetles disappeared from here too in May. Lots of butterflies about though.
Also less damage to the Lilies from molluscs this year too.

[brianw]

Did anyone else's lily beetles suddenly disappear in May?

If only ;-( Still odd ones around and I was removing grubs last week.

[johnralphcarpenter]

They're back here in numbers!

[Darren]

Please don't send them back North 

[Peter Maguire]

Too late..... I crushed two adults last week.