"Mike Lyle" wrote
Gosh! Yet another thing on which I'm out of date... Caught one today,
though. Pity it's such a handsome devil.

They seem to be more prolific every year.

I spotted several of the little blighters on a sunny day in early during
Spring. They were sitting on Forget-me-nots and I was surprised to see
them that soon in the year, but even more surprised that they would
apparently munch on Forget-me-not.
Then I remembered that was the spot where I had a patch of short stemmed
yellow lilies. The plants hadn't even shown so much as a hint of a shoot
above ground at that stage but the insects had presumably hatched out
from last year's brood and were just waiting around for breakfast to be
served.
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Sue