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Lily Beetles Apr 22, 2011 8:30:43 GMT

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Apr 21, 2011 14:23:12 GMT sweetpea said:

Apr 21, 2011 12:38:30 GMT Rosie said:

I guess Lou and myself have the advantage of living further north and we don't get the horrid red blighters ;D

They're in the post Rosie, special delivery ;D

I'll send you some slugs by return Sweetpea, great big mutant one's ;D ;D ;D

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Lily Beetles Apr 22, 2011 8:32:01 GMT

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Post by Rosie on Apr 22, 2011 8:32:01 GMT

Apr 21, 2011 15:22:23 GMT Lou78W said:

Apr 21, 2011 12:38:30 GMT Rosie said:

I guess Lou and myself have the advantage of living further north and we don't get the horrid red blighters ;D

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Thats right...and we don't want them either SP

......we aren't really bragging about it, are we Rosie

Course we aren't Louise

;D ;D

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Lily Beetles Apr 22, 2011 9:10:57 GMT

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Post by sweetpea on Apr 22, 2011 9:10:57 GMT

Apr 22, 2011 8:30:43 GMT Rosie said:

Apr 21, 2011 14:23:12 GMT sweetpea said:

They're in the post Rosie, special delivery ;D

I'll send you some slugs by return Sweetpea, great big mutant one's ;D ;D ;D

Very kind of you Rosie. My slowworms will be ever so grateful ;D

I'll get around to it eventually

esther Top Member Posts: 2,677	Lily Beetles Apr 23, 2011 11:17:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by esther on Apr 23, 2011 11:17:36 GMT 2 more this morning
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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 6:29:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Apr 24, 2011 6:29:08 GMT I found some on ours yesterday.
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merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 6:53:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Apr 24, 2011 6:53:32 GMT Welcome to the 'Ugly bug ball' Tel ;D

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 7:34:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 24, 2011 7:34:00 GMT Luckily nature made them wear bright red jackets to give us a sporting chance ;D
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 7:57:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2011 7:57:35 GMT I've had vine weevil in two pots of lilies for the first time. The reason they're in pots is to help me catch the red perils - and the vine weevils moved in.

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Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 16:12:28 GMT

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Apr 24, 2011 7:57:35 GMT Geranium said:

I've had vine weevil in two pots of lilies for the first time. The reason they're in pots is to help me catch the red perils - and the vine weevils moved in.

Awful things! I think the vine weevils might be marginally worse than lily beetles.

Peony, if I had Crown Imperials with lily beetle I think I would weep. I have them on my Fritillaria michaelovskyi.

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Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 19:03:12 GMT

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Apr 24, 2011 16:12:28 GMT Cherry said:

Apr 24, 2011 7:57:35 GMT Geranium said:

I've had vine weevil in two pots of lilies for the first time. The reason they're in pots is to help me catch the red perils - and the vine weevils moved in.

Awful things! I think the vine weevils might be marginally worse than lily beetles.

Peony, if I had Crown Imperials with lily beetle I think I would weep. I have them on my Fritillaria michaelovskyi.

I agree Cherry, vine weevils aren't so easily spotted until its too late, at least with lily beetles as long as you're vigilant the worst of the damage can be avoided. So far (fingers crossed) the lily beetles haven't found my other fritillarias.

Hertfordshire

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Lily Beetles Apr 24, 2011 19:18:05 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 24, 2011 19:18:05 GMT

I feel very lucky that I haven't found a lily beetle yet.

I did tip a pot of compost onto a raised bed only to find a couple of vine weevils in it. I searched to try and get them all but I probably missed some. Oh well, it's too late now

do they eat all roots? The bed contains a Pieris.

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Lily Beetles Apr 25, 2011 8:23:58 GMT

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Apr 24, 2011 19:18:05 GMT @wildlifefriendly said:

I feel very lucky that I haven't found a lily beetle yet.

I did tip a pot of compost onto a raised bed only to find a couple of vine weevils in it. I searched to try and get them all but I probably missed some. Oh well, it's too late now

do they eat all roots? The bed contains a Pieris.

I would find that disastrous and panic. I have a big tub of compost which my friend pointed out that I could use, but it had one tiny vine weevil in it, so I figure there must be siblings. I wonder how long these, if there are any more, will live without roots. In your case WF, I would think it might not be so bad in the soil, whereas enclosed in pots, that is the end of the plant.

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Lily Beetles Apr 25, 2011 8:29:47 GMT

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Post by Geranium on Apr 25, 2011 8:29:47 GMT

Advice please - I've got a bucket of compost from two pots of lilies that were killed by vine weevils. I don't think there are any more in there, but what do I do with the compost please? I can only think of sprinkinmg it on the lawn so that if I missed any, the birds would eat them.