Re: CULT: What's a lily beetle (was CULT: SILVERADO and ilk)
- Subject: Re: [iris] CULT: What's a lily beetle (was CULT: SILVERADO and ilk)
- From: Ellen Gallagher e*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:43:01 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Showtime Farm <showtime@bbtel.com> wrote:
>>> What is a lily beetle. Is it specific to lilies? <<<
They are little red bugs that eat the leaves of lilium. From my
cursory reading about them, I gather they are specific to
lilium.
They lay their eggs at the base of the lilium leaves.
Ellen (who grows lots of lilium)
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