The Dreaded Lily Beetle : Flower Hill Farm

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[@kathleenwahler6621]

I always have a roll of duck tape when I am in the garden. For some reason, if I try to reach in they run. but if I have a piece of duck tape, they are a little slower to figure out what is going on. I barely need to apply pressure and they are stuck. I also use the duck tape to remove the eggs. then it all goes into the dumpster

[@suzntrott]

I like this suggestion.... as I went and checked and had both beetles and eggs & hated squishing them...

[@Bons_Eye]

This is a great idea! Hmmm🤔....wondering if I could attach some tape to a long stick and nab the little devils that are hard to reach. I'm off to construct my weapon. Thanks!

[@kellyferren2705]

I grow a plant call rue in my lily bed and those red beetles don't like it .I haven't seen any more on my lilies sense I planted it .

[@willaerley7140]

Last year, I spent a month picking these things off and my lilies still were decimated. I ripped them out as I refuse to sustain the red lily beetle population.

[@silverrose7554]

Use a little vacuum make debugging quick . Ok squishing is fast too !! Especially when you fast forward it . Haha 😂

[@kathrynelkin1519]

Somebody needs to invent a bug vacuum stat!

[@silverrose7554]

Kathryn Elkin small car vac with attachments put a nylon sock as the garbage bag and whala

[@cindynicholson372]

Thank you for this very timely advice. I killed one of the beetles on my lilies a few days ago, but I didn’t realize I should look for eggs. After I watched this, I went out and found some eggs. I really appreciate all your helpful videos.

[@wilmabrazeau3332]

I live in southern Ontario 🇨🇦 and discovered those little beasts in my backyard garden about 2 years ago and I tried neem oil and picking them off...nothing worked...so frustrating. I finally just pulled them out. Hopefully you have better luck 🌺🌸

[@rhondapelletier2141]

Sevens powder works like a chair..... sprinkle around the base of the lily just as it emerges. It will kill the larvae as they try and crawl out of the ground. You’ll have to sprinkle a little bit more powder every 3 to 4 weeks until after flowering has occurred. They wiped me out one whole year. But now I have them under control! Thank God! 💐

[@wilmabrazeau3332]

In Ontario we have a pesticide and herbicide chemical ban for residential areas...can’t even buy it here. Thanks though 🇨🇦

[@Lilhomeintheredwoods101]

Thank you for farming ethically

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I appreciate you helping to spread the word. I did not know about the situation with the river. Thank you!

[@twelveax7442]

I've had great success with neem oil, dish soap and warm water in a gallon spray bottle. I've been spraying down the plants with this mixture soon after the beetles emerge from the soil in spring and repeat the process throughout their growing season every couple weeks. It's not perfect, but just keeping up with it has allowed me to not have to spend my life squishing bugs. Also, it's important to use the correct kind of neem oil, since some types are diluted too much to be effective. I use neem oil from Dyna-Gro.

[@sherylgardiner6886]

I have been fighting with them for years..fripping bugs...nothing kills them but hand picking the bugs and killing the eggs..

[@leiaflash5055]

Lilies are one of my favourite flowers! I've gone a bit overboard ordering tons of them through the years! Between the squirrels digging up the bulbs when planted, the rabbits eating them while they're growing and then the Lily Beetles - I almost gave up! But I gave in, planted a bit more this year and hand picked the Red Lily Beetles whenever I see them. Did not know to look for the eggs on the underside of the leaves :( Thanks for the heads up Nicole :) Will go egg hunting today!

[@jakebr8ke]

Snakes and birds make for a very happy & healthy garden environment. 👍🏻

[@juliereis146]

As much as I like the birds up on the fence, I love the snake 🐍 in the flower bed even more! He’s at ground level getting all the bad bugs and other pests for you 💕💕💕💕💕 I can’t wait to have a garden big and wild enough to be able to see snakes 👩🏻‍🌾🥰👩🏻‍🌾🥰

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Oh My, I am going to try leaving the gladioli here on zone 6/5 ... SO exciting for you!

[@barbaramccann7944]

Yay, I’m glad your glads survived, as mine do in northern Michigan, zone 5.

[@kuhlbreezegardens8663]

I planted 620 glads in Holly, Mi, zone 6a. Fingers crossed they come back next year too. I am going to mulch them.

[@patsyden6276]

Thank you for sharing, always helpful. And those darn beetles are so badm. They ate my lilies last year. And the lilies didn't come back. I have another patch of lilies and they are fine so far, but I check them every day. Have a good one...day.

[@samanthaw1419]

I use sticky tape to catch the Lilly Beatle and eggs.it stops them from falling to the ground.

[@summermucha5207]

Wow 🤩 what an education 👍🏻 Thanks, Nicole!🧡

[@sharongeorge4096]

Oh Nicole!! I’m so sorry they found you!! My friend was part of the study done by URI several years ago and sadly, she had to dig and destroy them all as she could never get them under control 😰😰😰

[@ernesttan8800]

hold a small container of soap and water below the beetle or where they are likely to fall when you disturb them. their instinct is to fall into the ground. make sure the beetles fall into the soap and die.

[@dentednj]

Daylilies are edible and taste like iceberg lettuce. That's why deer love them. Put your patches inside your deer fence.

[@suzntrott]

Thanks for the video. I did see those beetles last week & now I know they are not good & went to check on the few lilies I planted & sure enough saw a few beetles & also the eggs... like the duct tape or water bucket idea

[@Lakeport.is.blooming]

(Janice from friends voice) OH!! MY!! GAAAWD!!! LILLIES!!! Prepping my 2022 flower garden, and I'm so contemplating to add lillies to grow in the garden?

[@Annathranholm]

My god, when the snake came out.. I swear, my heart almost jumped out of my body.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I almost put a warning on there! LOL sorry!

[@Annathranholm]

@@FlowerHillFarm hihi yes, triggerelart 😉😂

[@kayleedorney9257]

What type of snake was it?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Garter. Harmless 🐍

[@wingingitsemiretiredlife2981]

I found Lilly beetles 2 years ago on a very mature lilly about seven years old. Well 2020 garden I lost this plant I was sad about it. These beetles are ruthless I lost the hand picking battle. The first year I had thought I won, but year 2 they decimated my mature plant.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

That's the worst! So sorry -

[@miachavez2728]

I’m dealing with bugs too! Something keeps eating my sunflower seedlings 🌱 🌻😬

[@FlowerHillFarm]

UGH! I'm sorry Mia!

[@gabriellakadar]

That could also be rabbits or voles. They love seedlings because of their high BRIX levels. I've had rabbits graze off the tops of sunflowers and then the plants would grow branches. One year it didn't matter how many times I resowed peas, they got munched as soon as they emerged. Now my place is rodent proofed except for squirrels. Lots of work but worth it in the long run.

[@ambergreen5531]

I watched some birds eat my sunflower seedlings so I found all mesh office garbage cans at the Dollar Store and turned them upside down like a cloche. Once the seedlings were taller nothing bothered them.

[@n.w.414]

Nicole, I am up here in central Alberta, zone 2-3. These beetles made their way here about 3 years ago. They love our martagons first then the asiatics. Both hubby and I go out through the garden several times a day when it is warm out(they are fairly inactive in cooler temps). Hubby squishes them I throw them in a pot with water/dish soap and oil. They get stuck in the oil and drown. We have so far killed about 1,000. Just hate them. The size of your lily stalks may be the least of your problems.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Ugh Nancy! That's also what I do with Japanese Beetles. I am hoping to stay on top of these!

[@mio.giardino]

In Zone 3 AB too and it’s crazy how they can live though our very cold winters.

[@laurasuitter2442]

Wow! 1,000???!!!

[@susieneider3799]

Yay for the glads! I think I have a few calla lilies come back that I must have missed. I am central Alberta zone 4a.

[@angelac9418]

I'm so impressed....I'd be screaming like a girl about that 🐍 and you're excited to see it's head pop out. 😂

[@laurasuitter2442]

Always a challenge to grow things! Thanks for this info. I hope not to see them. Last year I had to battle Japanese Beetles. I kept them from damaging the lilies too badly. Of course they like other plants too. Ugh! Hoping there won’t be as many of those this year. Keep on top of it!!!

[@gardengatesopen]

Hey 👋 - it is nice seeing you today. ❤

[@lisar9847]

I love the bug information. Can you please do more videos about other bad bugs. Thanks

[@quietone613662]

I knock them in a cup of soapy water. Just so you know the larve are covered in excrement so you might want to use gloves. They also like lily of the valley so you might want to check those too. I've had a problem for 4 years and is one of the few things I kill and don't relocate.

[@veronikasladekova5226]

So happy to see your gladiolas make it. I am still afraid to just leave them in ground.

[@SouthernYankee]

I have some asiatic lillies and haven’t ever noticed an issue but I’ll be looking for those little beotchs now! I did see what was maybe a male beetle when you showed the two red ones lurking he was black and blue in your video.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

That one to the left is not a beetle- that's some sort of flying ant! I've been seeing them everywhere!

[@SouthernYankee]

@@FlowerHillFarm ewe we have those here too. I’m not a fan of bugs 🐜

[@aprilwilliams6418]

I tried to over winter my glads.... no luck rotten!! Glad for you though... lol

[@demesrvl6761]

I wonder if a battery-operatwd hand-held vacuum cleaner would make it easier to suck up adult beetles? I use one for house spiders (using the crevice tool attachment)

[@jin8339]

Your beetle looks very much like mine. I have Air potatoe plant beetle. It does not eat vegetables, plants, fruits or anything but air potatoes plant Only . Florida has to release them here and if I need more my wait is like almost 3 yrs. I got lucky they came in themselves. Ours are good bugs 🌸🌺🌻 Air potatoes plant is most invasive number 1 as it kills trees and everything it touches.

[@MonicaKatie]

Hate those red beetles but at least I have found them easy to see them and remove. My gladiolus bulbs overwintered for me as well but I’m in 6b. Amazing that they are coming back for you.

[@marybrazell8474]

Dawn soap solution worked for me but have to do it every two weeks

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thanks Mary!

[@UnderAPileOfScrap]

I think I seen these in years past, but I didn't have much of a problem with them. I'm always afraid to just start killing bugs that I'm unfamiliar with, in case it's a beneficial one, so I'm so glad you covered this. I don't have many lilies as it is, so losing one that I love (which is all of them) to a bug that I didn't invite to dinner, is unacceptable!

[@claytoncurry4374]

Had this problem before! Put day lilies around and they’re invasive lol. Watch out! I have the orange and the bicolor yellow and maroon

[@melanie970]

Your lilies came back!! What do you plant there if they are done for the season? Do you plant more flowers there or do you leave the plot empty until the next season?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I left it empty last year. I'm not quite sure about this year yet.

[@freshpetals_]

I just realized what I pulled in my garden are lilies. Some have these beetles. I won’t trust plant identification apps anymore. It told me those were weeds😭. Rip to those lilies

[@ElephantsRusify]

I'm in TN and we have a weed that looks like Lilly but texture will be different the leaf edge is slightly different and the roots are different. The weed is actually pretty when it blooms and get really tall.

[@canadiangirl5159]

Squishing bugs, ugh. Do chickens like eating the beetles and their eggs?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I feed them the larva that I collect from the soil but not the beetles or eggs!

[@benjaminharrisongray9079]

A few of my Asian lilies were eaten like corn on the cob by the time the buggers were done with them. Took me completely by surprise.

[@jtownscrapper]

Deer love my day lilies, sorry to say. There is a fertilizer called Milorganite. Sprinkled around flower beds helps deter the deer.

[@ready2run2006]

I have a lot of Asiatic Lilies and so far I haven’t seen those beetles yet 😬🤞. What I am seeing is a lot of Spotted Lantern Fly, another invasive bug from Asia, not on the lilies but on one of my fig trees. 😡

[@ylleflickan]

Thanks for a nice video. I have been killing yhe beetle but did not know qbout checkinf for eggs. Will go out and check right away. Greetings from Sweden!

[@cherylcarlson3315]

My Asiatic lilies were multi colored and gorgeous but last year all were yellow.pretty but so not the same

[@silencedflower8441]

Have you used food grade diatomaceous earth? You can powder around the plants, like a salt shaker. Or you can add to water and spray on the underside of leaves.

[@demesrvl6761]

@Silenced OK I used to treat my hens food with food-grade DE because 1) weevils would be in the food when I purchased it, and 2) had read it was good for de-worming hens. I now believe DE effectiveness is a myth! Weevils happily lived n the bottom of the bin, crawling through DE for weeks. As an experiment, I also threw in Japanese beetles, cockroaches, & crickets, into DE at least 1/4" deep!!! No deaths were noticed over the course of 3 weeks. And my hens still had worms.

[@lhsmbtpt]

Very informative. Just killed some beatles and eggs. I didn't have them last year but they found me this year. Thank you

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I havent experienced dealing with lily beetles but I've dealt with every other pest known to man at this new property so I'm sure as soon as I plant some lillies I'll see them! 🤣🤣🤣 Not really funny though... 😒

[@donabailey5965]

Thanks for the “heads up” on this beetle. I haven’t seen any of them and hopefully won’t! 🤞🏼

[@janpapworth7956]

I get them on my daylilies too, here in the UK. The feeling of squishing them though makes me shudder. Yuk!

[@petalandposeboudoir]

Oh wow, they have been leaving my day lilies alone so far

[@janpapworth7956]

@@petalandposeboudoir Let’s hope it stays that way!

[@amywiseman3246]

Hi Nicole👋🏼from🇨🇦 Canada. Question🙋🏻‍♀️Could you plant garlic around your Lilies? It may deter the beetles. Also, can you collect in a bucket of water & feed to your chickens🤷🏻‍♀️I have a Japanese beetle issue on my grape vines. Chickens love them.

[@Flanuora]

I feel spoiled with all this content! 💗 💐

[@jenniewilliams1668]

What!!!?! You got gladiolus coming back in zone 4b? Wow, what a great experiment. Not sure if you have Japanese Beetles - this year I'm experimenting with VACCUMING them up... hehehehehe! Warmest thoughts Jennie

[@bonnierobison5482]

Thank you, I did not know that they were harmful beetles. I thought that they were eating the bugs that were eating my lilies. I will be looking out for them now.

[@carrieannholmgren1579]

You brighten my day:) Omg, I had a red bug on mine a few days ago. One I had never seen before and this is what it is. So glad you did this video! I only have 2 hardy lilies and yuper sure enough there were eggs on them. I will now be checking them 1-3 times a day till I know they are ok. lol. They are my babies.

[@suzntrott]

yep same as me

[@TheFineArtofAdulting]

My lily pest: a gopher 😫 I planted about 200 this year (my first year growing lilies), and probably half of them have been DECIMATED by a dang gopher! I feel for you!

[@dc0145a]

They're here too in NH. Ugh larvae are nasty 🤨

[@paulreed1407]

7 dust is the only thing that works for me to keep them away get it on them as soon as they come up

[@amysgardenstead2879]

God bless you checking all those lillies. Would captain Jack’s Dead bug work?

[@mswyman100]

So, the reason RLB does not damage day-lilies is because they are not lilies. Day lilies are actually hemerocallis. Thank goodness! I wish everyone the best of luck with RLBs.

[@BramptonGardener]

Yours are a lot bigger then mine! But ya I've been fighting them.

[@smallgardenmusings4578]

Found two lily beetles. 😕 Will head outside now to check for eggs again.

[@emmyhusfloen]

I had them last year and this year I know to look for them 3/4 times a day.. My neighbors probably think I'm crazy checking over my lily's so often, they demolished them last year and now this year I have had a couple holes but no real damage yet(knock on wood) I smash the eggs between my fingers, I grab the adults and stomp on them sometimes still attached to each other(brown chicken/brown cow) Most people in my area haven't a clue about them, so I spread the word with some frozen ones.... I love lilies still...

[@rhondapelletier2141]

Sevens powder. Works great!....... you must sprinkle it around the Lily just as it emerges from the ground. This will kill the larvae as it hatches under the ground. Once the stock is ready to flower do it again until after flowering occurs, every 3 to 4 weeks. My lilies that have no scent are never bothered by these beetles it’s only the beautiful smelling ones...... and that black substance under the leaves it’s not only it’s eggs it’s it’s poop! They in case their eggs in their poop which is why it smells terrible! Good luck! Happy growing!💐🌿

[@margieperse9490]

I used to have them here in Boston but thanks to parasitic wasps, they’re gone.

[@maureennewman627]

That is amazing! So happy for you!

[@DragonflyArtz1]

Bettlejuice, Bettlejuice, Beetlejuice! With scrambled eggs eewww!

[@NJGardengirl1961]

Being so bright red, you'd think that birds would be picking them off left and right! Perhaps the birds can't see the color red? (But hummingbirds do 🤔) I know bees can't see red - red appears black to them. The deer love daylilies here in The Garden State, so good luck with that! BTW- daylilies are not a true lily.

[@laurajones6486]

In nature the color red usually means danger or poison. That is probably why the birds don’t eat them.

[@elizhop]

I have only had my lilies in a week and found two Lily beetle yesterday!! 😡

[@FlowerHillFarm]

It's amazing how fast they are. I am honestly shocked I didn't see one last year.

[@elizhop]

@@FlowerHillFarm At least they are easy to spot! But we have better things to do, right? 😉

[@flowergrower1247]

These disgusting bugs also fly. This is how they get around and infiltrate lilies.

[@gardengatesopen]

This episode of Wild Kingdom is brought to you by: Flower Hill Farm Starring: Nicole Pitt Ohhhh... I just realized that TV show is prolly before your time. 😳 I guess the jokes on me this round... 🙈

[@yvonneschimmel453]

I use DE hopefully won’t get any. I also use need oil with soap

[@joyhamilton4248]

Sad to say our experience with day lilies and deer is they eat them!! The Stello doras not so much. Sorry about your Lilly bugs 🥺

[@elizabethwoolley4986]

Beneficial warfare = ducks. Quack quacks miss nothing 😉

[@curiouscat3384]

Bug alert! You mentioned growing Amaranth in a previous video. It is a beautiful plant and edible too, an ancient grain. However, it does attract colorado potato beetles - big time. People use amaranth sometimes as a sacrificial trap plant = plant it outside the perimeter of the garden to attract beetles away from the plants you want to protect but you still have to have a method to kill them. I'm seeing beetles on mine today and soon the leaves will look like lace, so I'm removing the amaranth from the garden.

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Blasted lily beetles! Hate them. They are rather beautiful bugs, a bit like Chinese lacquer. In the summer, I go around the garden with a small bucket of water so I can knock crawling pests into it. Then I can just let them drown. I have watched birds sit on the edge of the bucket and snack on the bugs. Good luck with your squashing regimen!

[@angelac9418]

One more thing - do you get earwigs? If so, a video about ridding them from your farm would be great.

[@yvonneschimmel453]

Is there any pesticide for them?

[@ambethk77]

I thought after I had my lilies protected from the deer they would be safe. apparently not. 😆😒

[@dollar151990]

My day lilies don’t get touched by our deer...

[@mariafolch8067]

Nicole, How can I ship you some Daylilies from Virginia Beach? Will they survive?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you Maria! I'm not sure they would ship well now- perhaps in the fall when the foliage dies back and you can divide them. You're so sweet.

[@mariafolch8067]

@@FlowerHillFarm 🌱Unfortunately, I divided them in April. They are still standing well and I have plenty. I am selling them in Facebook Market Place; but, yours would be a gift.🌱

[@LifeMoreColorful]

I’ve never seen a bug like that! Army worms are my enemy.

[@jenibaj8581]

I am from India... like your videos

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Hi, Jeniba! Thank you

[@amyh2523]

I think I would die if a snake popped out like that. I know snakes are good.....but I still don't want one scaring the bajeezus outta me.

[@tinaloitz4125]

bahaha was thinking the same thing.... would definitely pee a little... lol

[@Thingys-Jill]

What about putting the beetles in soapy water? Edited to add, I hope you got my email about a hoop house!

[@kadripress1]

Beetles know that daylilies are not lilies ☺️

[@onetwocue]

Since these lilies are going to be used for the floral market, and since youre cutting off the blooms it wont be beneficial for pollinators anyways why not fight them with something systemic? Theyll take a bite and die and stop the cycle.

[@sarahr2498]

1st viewer! 🤩ugh, beetles🤦🏻‍♀️

[@kathrynelkin1519]

Would Neem Oil work to kill the lily beetles?

[@mckinneymindy]

The red lilly beetles alllllllllllways find themmmm mwahahhaah

[@FlowerHillFarm]

😂

[@jettlee4075]

Hi

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Hey JETT!

[@emptychallice]

Do your chickens eat the lily bug?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

They might. I feed them larva but it's difficult to contain the beetles without them flying away to get them over to my chickens and then guarantee that the chickens will be fast enough to catch them. It's just quicker and easier to squish them on sight!

[@mio.giardino]

THOSE NASTY RED THINGS ARE MY MORTAL ENEMY! 🤬😡🤬😡🤬 I tweeze them off and into a jar of soap water. I’ll be looking for eggs now that I know what they look like.

[@rhondapelletier2141]

Sevens powder!! LIFE SAVER...... Read my earlier posts

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@rhondapelletier2141 Sevin is not organic. Most growers these days want to grow organically.

[@amaiaamaiaa]

@@rhondapelletier2141 sevins is pretty toxic, it's banned in the UK and a few handfuls of other countries

[@rhondapelletier2141]

@@amaiaamaiaa - hmm??? Never knew that........ plenty of gardeners use it here in USA........( I only use a tsp or so , near the road @ my mailbox) sprinkled around my lilies that I have planted there. The USA is pretty horrible about what’s allowed in their products especially our food and cereals. We have known carcinogenic‘s in our food and they are allowed, other countries would never allow such dangerous chemicals in their foods.

[@amaiaamaiaa]

@@rhondapelletier2141 oh I agree, my parent's have used it in their vegetable garden for yeaarrs and I'm trying to get them to stop because it's a known carcinogen... The stuff does WORK killing pests really well though

[@MisBunnypics]

Can you use Sevin?

[@JosExotics]

Oh no, I hate lily beetles, they massacre my lilies.......... Hate them. Yes, if you pick one up and hold it to your ear, it sounds like a baby mouse (pinky) squeaking....

[@gardengatesopen]

OMGish Gosh!!! Bug squishing, it's against my religion, or its against something, I know it's written in my rule book of life somewhere, it says it doesn't allow me to do that! (Bcuz you know, it only counts if it's written down.) I would have to get one of those bug vacuums! Have you seen those?! For real, it's a thing. Maybe you still should get one - for the adult bugs! Oh wait, they just fall into your hand don't they... dumb bugs... I mean - Yay! One thing tho - when you were talking about the birds, I kept thinking of different ways for you to hand a plate of bugs to the them. It would be like pizza delivery to them! Then I built them a little table next to their lil' bird door for the special bug deliveries. But ultimately, the bugs kept crawling off the plate, and off the table, and then falling backwards to the ground, all while screaming bcuz they saw a bird, and the bird is seeing stars bcuz the bugs are screaming in that certain pitch that scrambles their brain. Then the baby birds started crying bcuz they heard the bugs screaming too. It was chaos! So I gave up. Here's to you🏅 for so diligently being on Bug Patrol. You deserve it. Really. You do. ❤

[@yvonneschimmel453]

My rabbits eat them too my lillies

[@Micky4life]

All the birds I get eat my peas. Sweet peas, sugar snap peas. All the peas. I dont have any pods. They're destroying my harvest of flowers and veggies

[@ambethk77]

have you tried netting over them? It's working for me.