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Talkback: Pollen beetles and sweet peas

I have a dog and have been told that the tree lillies I am growing are poisonous is this true. My sweet peas have been covered in pollen beetles and no amount of shaking gets rid of them is there anything i can spray them with ? The best way really by Sweet pea

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28/11/2011 18:39:16

by undergardener

Talkback: Death-watch beetles

I used to hear death-watch beetles in my 1820s town terrace house. I'd only hear them in March and April and was told that the tapping was one seeking out a mate. I haven't heard them for the last couple of years - maybe they've moved further down by dfdfdhfdrc

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28/11/2011 18:38:28

by dyrandra Tasmania

Talkback: Bug hunt and rosemary leaf beetle

Although the others you describe are probably the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, your metallic stripy 'ladybird' is almost certainly a rosemary leaf beetle, Chrysolina americana. Look out for the pale grey grubs, up to 10 mm long, sitting by caitlin

28/11/2011 18:31:34

by Rosa

Beetle or Chafer eating a Kiwi Plant

Hi all, We have just had to dig up and bring our Kiwi back from the allotment. It has been down there for about 3 weeks, but something has been really attacking it. It looked to be a bronze coloured little beetle. Can't see anything exactly like by James 2

13/05/2012 20:35:12

by James 2

how to get rid of

could you tell me the best way to get rid of lily beetles.and if they come from the bulbs,i had some lilys that have just finised so i was turning the soil over and found them in the soil You will never completely eradicate this pest- as you by ken5

24/08/2012 06:51:43

by gardengirl6

BUGS

Found these today i think i should have squashed them! I have some clumps of cumphrey on my allotment.The bees love it! I use it to make liquid feed and as a compost accelerator. Most definatly should have squidged those lily beetles ! My lillies by Aliesh

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13/06/2012 11:39:55

by Aliesh

LILY BULBS

I've had some magnificent lily bulbs in a raised bed but the last two years they have been infected by lily beetles despite me checking them daily, squashing any I found and trying to get rid of the slimy larva. I took them out and have the bulbs by lindapalmara

11/12/2012 13:53:22

by Alina W

lily beetle

by flowering rose

28/08/2012 21:42:15

by gardengirl6

Friend or Foe?

Hi, I discovered this grey/white beetle today crawling on the top of the soil which has Strawberries and Pine-berries planted in the terracotta pot . Is this a good beetle/weevil or bad? Regards Keith Weevil. The fear is vine weevil but I by Turfite

02/05/2013 21:24:41

by Dovefromabove

Is this a ladybird?

Hi, Can anybody advise on a beetle I've just noticed on my lavender? It's the same shape as a ladybird bit it's bronze. On each wing case it has three or four pale orange stripes from head to tail which you have to get up close to see. Squish by Angela at 27

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22/05/2012 18:11:07

by Angela at 27

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