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red lily-eating beetles - Lilioceris lilii - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

red lily-eating beetles - Lilioceris lilii - Male Female
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 13, 2007
Size: ~1 cm
These beetles covered my mother's tiger lilies last summer, riddling the leaves with holes. I assume they're some sort of chrysomelid, but I've never seen anything like them anywhere else.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 February, 2008 - 9:27pm
Last updated 26 February, 2008 - 8:46pm

How about
Lilioceris lilii, see
… john and jane balaban, 25 February, 2008 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
red beetles
they ruined my lillies does any know how to kill them?
… donmarie, 19 July, 2008 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

 
That'd be the one!
I had a hunch they were introduced. I happen to think they're a pretty addition to the lilies, but my mother disagrees...
… Charley Eiseman, 25 February, 2008 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Lilienhaehnchen
in German
… margarethe brummermann, 26 February, 2008 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

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