What kind red bug on a lily and as the fight to save the flowers

Hello, fans of lilies!

Have you met with the intruder? Bright red beetles with shiny back very fond of sitting on the lilies and eat them. I have to say: the pest is very dangerous for a bed. I'll tell you things first: who is this and what to do.

A brief introduction - a perfect pest!

Hero Pub - beetle scarlet lily beetle or Lilioceris Merdigera. These two species are similar both in appearance and way of life, so to speak.

Insects have and vernacular names. Because of the bright colors of beetle called "fireman". The second name that meet infrequently - beetle Piskun. Sensing the approach of a predator, pest produces a thin sound.

Lily and Lilioceris Merdigera - beetle difficult. When a human or other disturbing object can fall to the ground belly up. It is black and very inconspicuously. In contrast to the "ceremonial attire."

Usually, the birds do not touch the fireman. Naturalists say that the taste of lily beetle does not attractive to birds.

As treschalka harm the colors?

The adults live on leaves, feeding on green cloth. Noticed a large burrow holes in the lily? With a probability of 90% can be said that our tried treschalka.

But this half woes. Particularly harmful ornamental plants in the flowerbed applied beetle larvae.

Interesting fact: Lilioceris Merdigera often confused with scarlet lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii), whose head and feet are black and not red.

Scarlet lily beetle gets its name because it was Lily chooses to remove their offspring. In onion similar preferences. The female lays eggs usually on the underside of the leaf. Try to view your lily, twisting leaves- perhaps masonry is already done!

Each larva hatched from an egg, in turn, continues to eat lily leaves and pull the juice from the stem. Given that only one clutch of eggs is usually 400-450, it turns catastrophic damage. By the way, brood looks like big slugs (very disgusting)They are hiding again on the underside of the leaves near the stem.

Under favorable conditions, the larvae eat the lily entirely! Therefore, can not do without modern measures to combat pests and protect your flower garden.

How to deal with treschalkoy

Saw red beetles or larvae in their flower bed? Hopefully, the previous part has convinced you to take up the struggle against the threat. By the way, this is not so difficult!

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Of course, the problem is easier to prevent and resolve, until the pests are few and not withdrawn their larvae. Therefore, inspect the lilies from the start of growth.

How to deal with a pest:

• Do not underestimate the benefits of collecting beetles, eggs and larvae by hand. Liliaceae treschalok advised immediately put into a jar of water with a cover to insect not shattered.
• Then there is the spolzovat special chemicals. This "Sonnet", "aktellik", "Akhtar". Can select another drug, study the composition: it is desired that the active substance is applied to the pyrethrins group.

Required spray bottom of the sheet. It was interesting? Do not stint on the "Thumbs up!" This 2 seconds and 1 click :) All healthy lilies!