Lilies: HOLY MOLY - BEWARE!!!!! Lily Beetles up the kazoodle!!!! , 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
Beware of lily beetles. If you have not seen them or their disgusting activity, here are illustrations.

You can see the damage they do to the leaves, but keep in mind that they do other damage by directly eating the entire leaf and/or bud. They lay their eggs, cover them with their tarry excrement generally on the underside of the leaf where they are less visible. I have taken to cutting off the part of the leaf with the grubs (they are like orange worms under the tar).