Hi All,
I leave patches of old foliage in my flower garden to provide a winter mulch and overwintering space for beneficial insects. I was clearing around a couple of them yesterday and discoverd some live lily beetles. I had assumed they would be killed off by the long hard frosts we've had here ( Cheshire & exposed garden on top of a ridge), but not so.
Might be worth a check around if you suffered last year as they were at least sluggish so I had no trouble catching & squishing them.
Cheers
oh how I hate the lily beetle so pretty such a pain , have scrapped all my lilies in pots cause they ravaged them going to wait a couple of years before i replace but might try some new stock up the plot
I also, was just doing a bit of pre-season clearing up and found a few.
I think the grub things drop off the leaves in Autumn and turn into adults over winter.
Its always easier to kill the eggs/grubs than the adults..