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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

You can't argue with success...
I wish there were more research on the pest.  When only one study shows the
effectiveness of a control, I don't have the same confidence of it working
under conditions all over the country.  

~ Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dianne Stephany
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:40 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] red leaf lily beetles!

HI
    I first started with Neem- I sprayed and they fell off and crawled 
around and into the dirt.  No body died that I could tell- they were active 
again when I came back out an hour or so later, feasting on my lilies.  I 
even tried picking them off and dropping them into Neem water.   I didn't 
notice any difference than dropping them into dish detergent and water.
    I sprayed pyola directly on the red leaf lily beetles-- they fell off, 
crawled around and later were back up on the stalks feasting AND this was 
maybe one or two days after I tried Neem. I didn't bother spraying again.
    I routinely pick and drown red leaf lily beetles (and Japaneese beetles)

as I see them. I have only seen one larvae- it was frozen in place on the 
lily, not moving and stiff, and it didn't have the typical coating of its 
own fecal material on it, so I guess/ hope it ate some leaf and died of the 
Sevin..

    I have gotten pretty good at catching and drowning beetles-- I use 
bright gloves and hold one hand under the red beetle as I try to pluck it 
with the other hand-- they are tricky but I usually catch them! or I go back

and get the ones I missed later.  The white sheet is a good idea but I 
wouldn't have room to get it between plants. And the beetles fall pretty 
close to the stalk. They keep flying in from the other lily beds in the 
neighborhood.
    I have gotten resigned to using Sevin- it works.

Thanks
Dianne



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