Lily Beatle 2016

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    This evening I found and disposed of the first of these.
    Anyone else seen any yet?
     
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      Not yet, Nigel. Last year was not a good year for them and so I emptied my two large pots of the Lilies and, while keeping the old lily bulbs, made a promise not to plant any more for a while. But I couldn't resist putting fresh compost into another pot and planting the old bulbs plus a few new ones.......so no doubt I'll be seeing the Lily beetle shortly.:doh::snork:
       
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      Yes...squashed a couple yesterday. Hopefully before they had a chance to reproduce! Horrible things.
       
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        Yep, killed 5 on Sunday. 4 of which were engaged in romantic antics at the time.

        So far only 2 of my lilies are growing, the other 2 and the 2 tree lilies are nowhere to be seen. I hope they're just behind.
         
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          Noticed them in the sunshine yesterday on a patch of turk's heads, managed to squash 3 but several fell off into the thick growth. I need to get my long handled tweezers out of the ' man drawer'
           
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            Squashed my first last week, perusing yesterday and didn`t notice any.
             
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              None so far thankfully :fingers crossed: :fingers crossed: :fingers crossed:
               
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