Ah, the red lily beetle...It´s a remarkably pretty beetle, but because of it, I stopped trying to grow lilies in Massachusetts. I tried removing beetles and larvae by hand, but it wasn´t effective, and the nasty poisons didn´t work either. I used to have a pretty fine lily collection. Now there are no lilies at all in the garden. Bless the entomology department of the University of Rhode Island! Perhaps I will be able to grow lilies again. Jane _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/