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> Canada This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_EFyo6X3jLPi43ti1S3e0mw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi Chris and All=2C I=22m happy to have been able to provide you with a reference as to when= they have shown up=2E = Last year the Superstore had lillies on sale that had lily beetle on the= m=2E They were reduced to 5 dollars a piece and out in the parking lot a= way from the other plants=2E I didn=27t buy any=2E Go figure=2E They are now in the garden anyway! I will continue to squish=2E Even the ones that are in the middle of mat= ing=2E At least they=27ll die happy=2E Thanks for all of your responses=2E Angela On 05/09/11=2C Christopher Majka =3Cc=2Emajka=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E = wrote=3A =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Hi folks=2C =3E = =3E = =3E Our paper on the biology=2C distribution and dispersal of this speci= es in the Maritime Provinces is=3A =3E = =3E = =3E Majka=2C C=2EG=2E=2C and LeSage=2C L=2E 2008=2E Introduced leaf beet= les of the Maritime Provinces=2C 5=3A The lily leaf beetle=A0Lilioceris = lilii=A0(Scopoli) (Coleoptera=3A Chrysomelidae)=2E Proceedings of the En= tomological Society of Washington 110(1)=3A 186-195=2E =3E = =3E = =3E There is a PDF reprint available online at=3A =3E = =3E = =3E http=3A//www=2Echebucto=2Ens=2Eca/Environment/NHR/PDF/Lilioceris=5Fl= ilii=2Epdf =3E = =3E = =3E I continue to be interested in monitoring the dispersal of this spec= ies in the region=2E If you find them=2C and you are located outside of = the Halifax-Dartmouth-Waverley metro area where they are already well-es= tablished=2C I=27d be very interested in hearing about it=2E For instanc= e=2C Angela=27s report of this species from Windsor (below) is the first= report that we have of Lilioceris lilii from there=2E =3E = =3E = =3E Best wishes! =3E = =3E = =3E Chris =3E = =3E On 8-May-11=2C at 11=3A37 PM=2C Patrick Kelly wrote=3A =3E = =3E = =3E =3E Interesting=2C that Halifax and Waverly are both mentioned in th= e Wikipedia entry=3A =3E =3E = =3E =3E http=3A//en=2Ewikipedia=2Eorg/wiki/Scarlet=5Flily=5Fbeetle =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E There were three of them mating on a weed I was pulling from the= vegetable garden this afternoon=2E If I had known what they were=2E=2E=2E= =2E=2E but I=27ll be ready next time! =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Pat =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E From=3A =22James W=2E Wolford=22 =3Cjimwolford=40eastlink=2Eca=3E= =3E =3E Date=3A May 8=2C 2011 11=3A11=3A31 PM ADT =3E =3E To=3A NatureNS =3Cnaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=3E =3E =3E Cc=3A Chris Majka =3Cc=2Emajka=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E =3E =3E Subject=3A =5BNatureNS=5D red lily beetles! =3E =3E Reply-To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Picking them did work for us here in Wolfville=2C although we di= dn=27t have very many tiger lilies -- that was several years ago=2C and = we had only a few beetles in the following year=2C none since then that = we have seen=2E =A0Jim in Wolfville =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Begin forwarded message=3A =3E =3E From=3A Lois Codling =3Cloiscodling=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca =3Cloi= scodling=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca=22=3Eloiscodling=40hfx=2Eeastlink=2Eca=3E= =3E =3E Date=3A May 8=2C 2011 9=3A50=3A43 PM ADT =3E =3E To=3A www=2Eavg=2Ecom(mailto=3Anaturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca=22=3E= naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E Subject=3A Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Red Lily beetles! =3E =3E Reply-To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Aren=27t they awful=2C Angela=3F=A0 I used to have a lot of lili= es=2C various kinds=2C but thanks to these monsters I now have none=2E=A0= Have read in gardening mags=2E that the best way to deal with them is h= and picking=2C as you have done=2E=A0 I wasn=27t able to keep up with th= em=2E=A0 Good luck! =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Lois Codling =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E On 08/05/2011 9=3A37 PM=2C AngelaJoudrey wrote=3A =3E =3E While out and about weeding this evening=2C I found red lily bee= tles=2E Argh=2E =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Once I saw the eaten leaves on the lillies=2C it was much easier= to squish them to thier death and let them rot into the ground=2E =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Has anyone tried Neem oil=3F Or dish soap and water as a spray=3F= =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E I think I might just pull them up and replant them on a dog walk= ing trail far from the gardens=2C which is just transplanting the proble= m I guess=2C however I=27m having a hard time ripping out the plants aft= er they survived the winter=2E =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E Angela in Windsor =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E No virus found in this message=2E =3E =3E Checked by AVG - www=2Eavg=2Ecom =3E =3E Version=3A 10=2E0=2E1325 / Virus Database=3A 1500/3623 - Releas= e Date=3A 05/07/11 =3E =3E --Boundary=5F(ID=5FYroi+SPx+qM6acvFsUfEBQ)-- =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E On May 8=2C 2011=2C at 11=3A11 PM=2C James W=2E Wolford wrote=3A= =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Picking them did work for us here in Wolfville=2C although = we didn=27t have very many tiger lilies -- that was several years ago=2C= and we had only a few beetles in the following year=2C none since then = that we have seen=2E =A0Jim in Wolfville =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E Begin forwarded message=3A =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E From=3A Lois Codling =3C =3E =3E =3E =3E Date=3A May 8=2C 2011 9=3A50=3A43 PM ADT =3E =3E =3E =3E To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E =3E =3E Subject=3A Re=3A =5BNatureNS=5D Red Lily beetles! =3E =3E =3E =3E Reply-To=3A naturens=40chebucto=2Ens=2Eca =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E Aren=27t they awful=2C Angela=3F=A0 I used to have= a lot of lilies=2C various kinds=2C but thanks to these monsters I n= ow have none=2E=A0 Have read in gardening mags=2E that the best way t= o deal with them is hand picking=2C as you have done=2E=A0 I wasn=27t= able to keep up with them=2E=A0 Good luck! =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E Lois Codling =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E On 08/05/2011 9=3A37 PM=2C AngelaJoudrey wrote=3A = = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E While out and about weeding this evening=2C I found = red lily beetles=2E Argh=2E =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E Once I saw the eaten leaves on the lillies=2C = it was much easier to squish them to thier death and let them rot i= nto the ground=2E =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E Has anyone tried Neem oil=3F Or dish soap and = water as a spray=3F =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E I think I might just pull them up and replant = them on a dog walking trail far from the gardens=2C which is just t= ransplanting the problem I guess=2C however I=27m having a hard tim= e ripping out the plants after they survived the winter=2E =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E Angela in Windsor = =3E =3E =3E =3E =3E No virus found in this message=2E =3E =3E =3E