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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: Froglegs on May 22, 2009, 11:24:13

Title: Is this a...
Post by: Froglegs on May 22, 2009, 11:24:13
pest? found it in my glasshouse.
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: daileg on May 22, 2009, 11:40:51
its a Lilly beetle http://www.nationalinsectweek.com/beetle_gallery.htm
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: thifasmom on May 22, 2009, 12:32:01
i didn't see any in the link's list that look like the one posted ???  
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: Duke Ellington on May 22, 2009, 12:46:41
That beetle looks like the click beetle thats in the link that daileg posted.

Duke :)
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: hopalong on May 22, 2009, 12:53:31
It's certainly not a red lily beetle.  They are much brighter red and have spindly legs and antennae.
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: Unwashed on May 22, 2009, 19:46:14
Cockchafer or May bug.  Funnily enough I saw one today too.  And yes, he's one of the bad guys.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Feldmaik%C3%A4fer_%28Melolontha_melolontha%29_w_3.jpg/400px-Feldmaik%C3%A4fer_%28Melolontha_melolontha%29_w_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Is this a...
Post by: thifasmom on May 22, 2009, 20:42:44
Unwashed i think you got it :) i just googled and saw many images that match froglegs own.

this is what wikki had to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_bug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_bug)