Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
and my yet to flower cardocriniums.
I Live between Leeds and Bradford and I thought these things were a more
Southern feature.

What is the life cycle of these beasts and the best way of control

"Rupert" wrote in message
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: Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
: and my yet to flower cardocriniums.
: I Live between Leeds and Bradford and I thought these things were a more
: Southern feature.
:
: What is the life cycle of these beasts and the best way of control
:
I will be glad of the answer too as I have them for the first time

"Rupert" wrote
Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
and my yet to flower cardocriniums.
I Live between Leeds and Bradford and I thought these things were a more
Southern feature.

What is the life cycle of these beasts and the best way of control

You can either use a systemic insecticide or do a daily check and pull off
and squash any you find. Your call. Miss a day and you could lose the lot as
without leaves the plant cannot make food to store for next year.
The larvae also eat lilies etc and cover themselves in their own excreta so
look rather like a bird dropping.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

"Rupert" writes:

Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
and my yet to flower cardocriniums.

Regular inspection and two bricks works well for control. Don't catch
your fingers between the bricks.

Anthony

"Rupert" wrote in message
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Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
and my yet to flower cardocriniums.
I Live between Leeds and Bradford and I thought these things were a more
Southern feature.

What is the life cycle of these beasts and the best way of control

I killed a lot last year with ordinary fly spray (first time I'd seen them
in this area), plus just removing and squashing any I saw. FWIW some lilies
that were severely hit (almost no leaves left) seem to be growing well this
year anyway.

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Tumbleweed

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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Just found three of these bright red things chomping away on fritillarias
and my yet to flower cardocriniums.
I Live between Leeds and Bradford and I thought these things were a more
Southern feature.

Leeds and Bradford are a more southern feature, has nobody told them?

Janet (Scotland)

Sorry I didn't mean to exclude foreign countries