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with purple stripes.Pick off the adult beetles and larvae by hand and destroy.Spray with an insecticide - thiocloprid or imidacloprid - between late summer and spring. Avoid using insecticide when the plants are in flower as bees may also be killed.rosemary

"So what are these things on my lavender?" said the complete stranger, plonking down a jam jar full of beetles on the table. Ordinarily I would have been pleased, but slightly surprised, to be accosted like this, but Saturday 17th May was open

AphidsBay leaf suckersFlea beetleRosemary leaf beetle

More common garden pestsRosemary leaf beetleLily beetleVine weevilThrips

. Take care not to disturb the beetles before an application, or they'll jump out of harm's way.brassica seedlings, nasturtiums, alyssum, anemone, stocks, cleome, godetiaspring, summerMore common garden pestsLily beetleRosemary leaf beetleCapsid bugsLeatherjackets

/vermiculite John Innes No. 2 compost for potting onMay - August30 minutesSnip off shoots of new growth 10cm - 15cm long. To reduce moisture loss, remove most of the lower leaves so you have a clean length of stem.Use a sharp knife to cut off the base of the stem

Pollen beetleFlea beetleRosemary leaf beetleWoolly aphids

-chewing garden pestsSlugsCaterpillarsEarwigsRosemary leaf beetle

(sadly, this Palouse earthworm appears to have had a bit of a spade-related accident).In Australia you are much more likely to stumble across a snake than a rosemary beetle (No.6) while quietly rumbling about in the shrubbery. As Australia is home

that there are so many UK travellers roaring over the continent. And it is no surprise to discover ‘new’ European mainland insects arriving back with them into Britain.The rosemary leaf beetle, Chrysolina americana, was first found in the UK in a Kitchen in Disley