1/8 inch red bugs eating my lilies in central ct .?

Question

never noticed them before . bright red ,1/8 " long .eat asiatic lilly leaves from bottom up . a new pest ? soap spray kill them ?i dont use toxic pesticides .

Answer 1

Yes I have them also. They live in the root system of the plant and will eat and destroy the lillies. You can try picking them off and squishing them but the eggs will hatch and re infest the plants. I used sevin dust to kill the adults but the only way to destroy them is with chemicals that I know of. They will be dormant this winter but will be back next spring if you don't kill them. They will continue to multiply on to all of your lillies.

Answer 2

Global warming caused it. As soon as Bush is gone and the earth starts cooling down everything will be perfect like it was under Clinton.
Until then get a can of the cheapest chewing tobacco you can find, mix half of it with 8 ounces of rubbing alcohol. Let that sit 24 hours and strain the tobacco out. The nicotine will be in solution ( that means dissolves). Mix 3 ounces of dish washing liquid with your solution, and properly label the container. When you want to use some, shake the container and mix 2 ounces of the solution with a pint of water and lightly spray the infested areas, making sure you spray the bottom and the top of the leaves. That kills them, just make sure they are not an endangered species because if they are your liberal friends will turn you in and identify you as a speciesist and an enemy to the natural biodiversity of the earth.
But by definition anything that kills pests is a pesticide, so you can't use soap spray. Welcome to liberalworld...

Answer 3

never heard of a pink aphid. they're Asian Lily Leaf beetles, improted some years in the past, attack many, yet not all forms of Lilies. Neem would not artwork o.k.. Rose and FLower spray is surprisingly stable, terrific to handle the flora and the soil early in spring previously they emerge. This spring I sprayed with Malathion and unfold Sevin granules in the soil all around them, as they over wintry climate in the floor. so some distance I even have considered in basic terms 2. final year i replace into decimated.

Answer 4

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