help what is it

[glynthered]

i found a little red bug mating on my lilies. It looks like a lady bird but half the size with no black spots. It has 2 feelers and four legs I think. It had a hard shell. Please help and tell me if it is good or bad for my garden. I would import a picture but I don't know how to!!!It was enjoying the lilies and she wasn't wearing them!

[glynthered]

[Doris_Pinks]

BAD BAD BAD! Sounds like a lily beetle, remove and squash or it will happily chomp away at your lillies and leave it's larva behind which can only be described as looking like bird pooh :P

Try these link for identification!

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php/topic,9118.0.html

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0500/beetle.asp

[glynthered]

 :-[yep that's the one. TVM I am new to this allotment lark but it stops the stress. Just off to my lilies with a shotgun