What is Lily Beetle?
Beetle is insects known scientifically as lilioceris lilli , which feeds on lily plants, lays its eggs on lily bulbs and is known throughout Europe and northeast United States as impressive garden pests. These beetles have a bright red color, which makes it easier to identify them. Yet it is very difficult to kill and erad. Lily female beetles can place 400 eggs at a time, and as soon as these armies hatch can do a short work in the garden in a few days.
Beetles will eat many different types of plants and types of lilies, but prefer - and puts only their eggs under - plants that fall into the type lilium . Examples are tiger lily, Easter lilies and oriental lilies. Beetles usually begin to eat lily leaves, but also destroy bulbs, roots and flowers until little remains, but detritus.
Western European gardeners are considered to have VV in the middle of the age of 40, probably in contaminated sentThe flasks, Tr produced Lily Beetle to North America. The beetles were first recorded in the Canadian province in Quebec in 1945. They remained there for some time, but at the beginning of the 90s. They were documented in the northeastern United States. Beetle is a powerful leaflet and can travel long distances in search of food, but scientists suspect that insects have come to the United States through a person of detected lamps, garden supplies or agriculture.
Beetles are characterized by a living red color and can range from ½ to ¼ inch (anywhere from 6 to 13 mm). Adults often travel in pairs and establish massive families on the underside of the leaf lilies and on the packaging of lily bulbs. Mature beetles Lily cause some destruction of the leaves, but their primary focus is usually spread.
Female lily Beetle may usually lie between 200 and 400 eggs at once, severalIkrate per season. These eggs, which are also bright red, hatch in an unfolded way. Hundreds of larvae often appear at the same time and begin to feed almost immediately.
larvae are often much more devastating than their parents. They feed on groups and are able to absorb whole leaves and stems in very short time periods. As they grow, developing beetles usually hide from predators by covering in their own excrement and moving together like a pack.
It is often very difficult to kill a beetle of lily. Most beetles are mostly temperature resistant and can hang on bulbs throughout the winter. When they feel threatened, they move quickly and are often slippery and resistant to howling and capturing in any case.
Some pesticides, especially those derived from the tree of Southeast Asia Neem, have proven to be against Lily Beetle. Lines also focus on friendly mistakes, and many of them can also harm a fine lily. InA small case is the best way to erad insects, focus on the egg. Gardeners who can destroy eggs than hatch, have a much greater chance to reduce the infestation of the Lily Beetle, although it often requires almost constant monitoring. In most places, the care of lily is routinely controlling the arrival of these pests of Lily.