"madgardener" expounded:

I just looked them up in Google, and I'm really not sure if the ones at Mary
Ann's are lily beetles but I think I will drive over there tomorrow and take
a picture of them anyway. Thanks Ann. Solomon's Seal????????? I have
varigated SS~ according to one article I read, Bayer has a Neem product
that seems to control them, but I think I will watch for the bastages

They will eat anything in the lily family, although they haven't
started on my hostas at all. As for the solomon seal, they nibbled on
it a bit, but they really go for just plain lilies. They seem to use
the frittilarias for breeding grounds. I used to have tons of them,
especially the meleagris (sp??) but they're dwindling, too, under the
onslaught. As for neem, I found it very ineffective, but others have
had good luck with it.

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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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