Day 128/20. A kill on sight has been issued....
These little critters are Scarlet Lily Beatles.
The Scarlet Lily Beetle, red lily beetle, or lily leaf beetle, is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds, and flowers, of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae. It lays its eggs most often on Lilium and Fritillaria species.
My (gardener) wife, who loves her Lilies, has issued a kill on sight order on Lily Beetles, and today we caught this villain in the act......
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