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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-215-183912306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Interesting, that Halifax and Waverly are both mentioned in the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle There were three of them mating on a weed I was pulling from the vegetable garden this afternoon. If I had known what they were..... but I'll be ready next time! Pat From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Date: May 8, 2011 11:11:31 PM ADT To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: Chris Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] red lily beetles! Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Picking them did work for us here in Wolfville, although we didn't have very many tiger lilies -- that was several years ago, and we had only a few beetles in the following year, none since then that we have seen. Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> Date: May 8, 2011 9:50:43 PM ADT To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Red Lily beetles! Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Aren't they awful, Angela? I used to have a lot of lilies, various kinds, but thanks to these monsters I now have none. Have read in gardening mags. that the best way to deal with them is hand picking, as you have done. I wasn't able to keep up with them. Good luck! Lois Codling On 08/05/2011 9:37 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote: While out and about weeding this evening, I found red lily beetles. Argh. Once I saw the eaten leaves on the lillies, it was much easier to squish them to thier death and let them rot into the ground. Has anyone tried Neem oil? Or dish soap and water as a spray? I think I might just pull them up and replant them on a dog walking trail far from the gardens, which is just transplanting the problem I guess, however I'm having a hard time ripping out the plants after they survived the winter. Angela in Windsor No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3623 - Release Date: 05/07/11 --Boundary_(ID_Yroi+SPx+qM6acvFsUfEBQ)-- On May 8, 2011, at 11:11 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > Picking them did work for us here in Wolfville, although we didn't > have very many tiger lilies -- that was several years ago, and we > had only a few beetles in the following year, none since then that > we have seen. Jim in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> >> Date: May 8, 2011 9:50:43 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Red Lily beetles! >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Aren't they awful, Angela? I used to have a lot of lilies, various >> kinds, but thanks to these monsters I now have none. Have read in >> gardening mags. that the best way to deal with them is hand >> picking, as you have done. I wasn't able to keep up with them. >> Good luck! >> >> Lois Codling >> >> On 08/05/2011 9:37 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote: >>> >>> While out and about weeding this evening, I found red lily >>> beetles. Argh. >>> >>> Once I saw the eaten leaves on the lillies, it was much easier to >>> squish them to thier death and let them rot into the ground. >>> >>> Has anyone tried Neem oil? Or dish soap and water as a spray? >>> >>> I think I might just pull them up and replant them on a dog >>> walking trail far from the gardens, which is just transplanting >>> the problem I guess, however I'm having a hard time ripping out >>> the plants after they survived the winter. >>> >>> Angela in Windsor >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3623 - Release Date: >>> 05/07/11 >>> >>> --Boundary_(ID_Yroi+SPx+qM6acvFsUfEBQ)-- > = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== MAIL COURIER 1459 Oxford Street 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-215-183912306 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Interesting, that Halifax and = Waverly are both mentioned in the Wikipedia entry:<div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle">http://en.wikipe= dia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle</a></div><div><br></div><div>There were = three of them mating on a weed I was pulling from the vegetable garden = this afternoon. If I had known what they were..... but I'll be ready = next = time!</div><div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div= ><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 37px; text-indent: -37px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>From: </b>"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 34px; text-indent: -34px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Date: </b>May 8, 2011 11:11:31 PM = ADT</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21px; text-indent: -21px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>To: </b>NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Cc: </b>Chris Majka <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.ma