"BoyPete" wrote in message
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Sue wrote:
Welcome warm sunshine here in E. Angular seems to have brought rather
more unwelcome lily beetles out of hiding. I've squished at least a
dozen so far even though they seem to see me creeping up on them and
keep trying to do a fast shuffle to hide on the underside of the
leaves. :-/

I've gottem too. My dad, used to just squish 'em with his
fingers....yuk....I can't do that. What's the best way to deal with them?

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The best means of control is vigilance. Being bright scarlet does give you a
reasonable chance of spotting them particularly as they spend a reasonable
amount of time on the top of leaves sunbathing.
Remove anything that looks a bit like lumps of bird droppings-these are the
lily beetle grubs.
I can not advise on the best methods of execution:-)