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I have a good idea. Anyone else?

lily beetle? ;)

Spotless ladybird?

lily beetle.

It's a Cardinal Beetle. Pyrochroa coccinea. Lilly beetles are probably the same family along with hundreds of other similar beetles.

it's a lily beetle, Cardinals have longer bodies and toothed antennae :)/shades x  p

I agree lily beetle.  Definite bad bug**r!!  Squish it!!

valmarg

I was thinking Cardinal because I didn't see any body dimples there on my shot. Poss a focus problem.

First time I found some on our lilies, I thought, "what pretty red beetles". Then a month or so later, there were no leaves left & in the end only one plant survived.

Watch out for it's babies (living under their leaves, cocooned in their own excrement!). Delightful creatures. They're far more destructive than their parents!

Useful link:

http://www.bluewisteria.co.uk/pest/lilybeetles.html

The grubs are easy to get rid of - I use a glass of water, with a small amount of Fairly Liquid. I scrape them off with a cat's tooth brush (it's not as though the cat lets you near her with it anyway!), and then stir the brush around in the solution. Grubs sink & really not too unpleasant. Certainly not bad enough to start thinking about systemic pesticides...