"Tim" wrote in message
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Sound like the larvae of a beetle to me. Very similar to Colorado-beetle
larvae (I'm in Austria, don't panic). I suspect the lily beetle. Is that
what it's called ? The adult looks like this:
http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/gif/llba-p.jpg ? The Larvae look like
this : http://www.forestryimages.org/browse...imgnum=1445005
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse...imgnum=1445007

Gardening which tells you a bit about it.
http://www.which.net/gardeningwhich/...ilybeetle.html


Thanks Tim

That's exactly them, little sods!

Thanks also to Iris for the suggestion of the bug killer. I think I'm going
the organic route of just picking off the affected leaves and getting rid of
them along with the bugs (there weren't more than about ten, though the poo
was everywhere).

Have just read all about them via the above link. Will have to let them know
it's now in Herts and probably Beds as we're near the border.


Elizabeth