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On Aug 10, 7:28 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
We've come home from a week in Aberdeen to find that my mother has died
and
we do, in fact, have lily beetle - red beetles and black larvae (?)

I can't do anything about the former but will someone please remind me
about
how to deal with the second, please?

Enough is enough!

Mary

Mary, I am so sorry to hear of the death of your mother. The lily
beetle, - pick off and crunch between your fingers and when the lily
has finished flowering, bend the stalk in half until it dies down,
that works for me.

I'll give that a go - tomorrow, thanks.

What's the purpose of bending the stalk in half?

By the way, there are no flowers left, there were some when I left and some
buds but they've upped and gorn!

Mary