#lilioceris lilii

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Scarlet Lily Beetles

A pair of scarlet lily beetles mating on a lily leaf in the afternoon sunlight, in the garden.

[au-hemeanssomething]

Results of the bug tests....

Your bug is:

Lilioceris lilii (if you search just for red beetle it also shows)

-diagnosed by bug doctor anon 🪲

This is the most normal guy known to man

[corkcitylibraries]

Sow…Let’s Grow: July 2024

In July the garden is absolutely teeming with life. My housemates and I built a birdbox together and created a small shelf where we can leave food and watch the birds from the kitchen window. So far, we have seen ravens, blackbirds, thrushes, and a most inquisitive robin. My peas and beans are producing fruit like no tomorrow, and we had an interesting visit from a little insect visitor. One of my coworkers is single handedly supplying me with courgettes and I have made many soups and cakes and courgette fritters with these plentiful little vegetables.

Jobs for July:

1) July is the best time to pick lavender. Choose to harvest in the middle of the day to ensure that all the morning dew has evaporated. Cut the lavender stems at the base, just where the branch leaves become stems and leave to dry in a cool dark space (although others leave it out to dry in the open to enjoy the smell). A cloth or paper bag works best as the flowers will shed through the drying process. It takes 3 – 4 weeks for the lavender to dry completely and retains it fragrance for over a year afterwards.

2) Watch out for pests such as the lily beetle. I was out admiring the garden the other day and came across some odd little gooey green blobs on the underside of my lily leaves. I removed them immediately because although I did not know what they were, it was almost bound to be a pest! Several days later and I spy a bright red beetle sunning itself amongst the lilies and after a quick internet search I came to the conclusion that it was Lilioceris Lilii a beetle that can decimate members of the Lilium and Fritillaria families. It had flown away before I could get rid of it, but I haven’t seen it since. If you have seen this bright little beetle in your garden, spraying the affected plant with sunflower oil ought to do the trick.

3) Water peas and beans regularly. They produce multitudes of fruit over the growing period and because of this they are thirsty little plants. Keep them moist and feed them if you are so inclined, I feed mine whenever I remember I have a bottle of liquid tomato feed under the sink!

4) Now is a good time to take tender perennial cuttings like fuchsia. I have taken cuttings from two varieties of fuchsia this year Magellanica Alba and Genii, the former having lovely pale pink flowers and the latter having bright, vibrant green leaves. To start, cut several stems with as little flower buds as possible, about 3 – 4 inches. Fill a pot with good compost or fine soil and pop the cuttings in. Water well and place a plastic bag over the top of the pot and fit an elastic band round so that it won’t fall off. After a couple of weeks each of these cuttings will have put down roots and will be ready to be potted on, each one a new baby fuchsia bush.

[jardineriaon]

Ciclo vital del escarabajo Lilioceris lilii

Los escarabajos Lilioceris lilii o lirio escarlata, son escarabajos de color rojo vibrante conla parte inferior del cuerpo en negro. Originarios... http://dlvr.it/T6HRl8

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[mikeahrens]

Autoren von Fantasiegeschichten holen sich Inspirationen bestimmt aus der Natur, oder beim Beobachten im eigenen Garten.

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Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii)

[anreill]

Scarlet lily beetle

Lilioceris lilii

[katiajewelbox]

I got a lot of stimulating questions for “Fascination of Plants Day”. Here are some questions and my answers.

Q: Here's a simple one, how do plants breath? A: Through their stomata, the microscopic pores usually found on the undersides of leaves. These tiny mouths can open and close depending on humidity, light stimulus, and chemical signals. The pores allow CO2 to enter the leaf and oxygen to exit as part of photosynthesis. Plants also do aerobic respiration, and in this case they take in oxygen and give off CO2 when releasing energy.

Q: Do plants undergo UV damage too? A: Yes they do! Excessive UV radiation can damage the DNA in plant tissue just like in human skin cells. Damage to the photosynthesis cellular equipment is a big danger from UV light. Plants have a plethora of other pigments, like anthocyanins, to help absorb excess UV light and keep the correct amount of UV light stimulating photosynthesis but not damaging the cells.

Q: Which plant is historically the most important? Why? A: One highly important plant in human history that often gets overlooked is the Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis). This South American tree's secretions are the raw material for natural rubber. Indigenous Americans discovered the latex's potential for making rubber sports balls, chewing gum, and works of art but it wasn't until the Industrial Revolution in the Western world that rubber became really important. A lot of Industrial Revolution transportation technology, like automobiles, hoses, tires, modern cooking equipment, and more rely on rubber components. The cultivation of rubber tree plantations also changed the political and economic history of many nations in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the late 19th century.

Q: Which discovery from plant science has had the widest application in other fields through reverse engineering? A: This is a question with a lot of answers, but one example I like is Barbara McClintock's discovery of transposons or "jumping genes" in Native American multicoloured corn. The mysterious colour patterns of these beautiful corn cobs, which are a popular autumn home decor item in North America, inspired the scientist to look into the biological cause of the colour patterns. Subsequently, these jumping genes were found in all prokaryotes and eukaryotes and help explain the presence of non-coding DNA.

Q: Hello, please tell me what method and fertilizer should be used to enlarge and spread the leaves of flowers and plants. Thank you. A: Hi there! For encouraging leaf development, I recommend using fertilisers that are high in nitrogen. A natural high nitrogen fertiliser is processed chicken manure. To encourage flower and fruit development, a fertiliser higher in phosphates is better. A natural choice is blood, fish, and bone meal.

Q: Any thoughts on how to get rid of the lily beetle? A: There are commercial pesticides, but another approach might be to introduce parasitoid wasps into your garden! These are tiny wasps that are harmless to humans but prey upon the Lily Beetles (Lilioceris lilii). The wasps lay their eggs in the beetle larvae bodies, and eat them from the inside out. Gruesome, but a natural and effective way to control the beetle population. There are some native British species of parasitoid wasp shown to be effective against Lily Beetle overpopulation, so maybe these could be introduced into your garden?

[azurebolt-fr]

dying to know the story behind Macaroni omg. and how about Lilioce?

Mac's story isn't really that interesting sadly, I was just told to name her that by a friend because I couldn't think of anything lol. But honestly, I've grown so used to it that I don't think I could find another name for her if I tried. She's just that. She's Macaroni!!!

Lilioce is a little more interesting. As I bought them to have a dragon for the chitin armor, I wanted to give them a name inspired by bugs. After trying to find some red bugs, I came across the Lilioceris lilii- the scarlet lily beetle. Pleasantly red beetle, I love it. And I thought to myself "Ah, this could work for a name," so I trimmed off the last two letters of the genus name and that's how you end up with your buggy tea shop owner here! These bugs are considered pests to lilies and Lilioce has been noted to eat plants despite being a Wildclaw so that's fun-

[etienne-caspary]

"Lilienhähnchen" von Etienne Caspary

•| Das Lilienhähnchen [Lilioceris lilii] ist ein ca. 8mm großer Käfer, der zu den Blattkäfern zählt.

Überwiegend findet man ihn im Wald oder an Waldrändern.

Arttypisch ist, dass diese kleinen Käfer ca. 200 zirpende Töne pro Minute von sich geben können. |●

[francescointoppa]

Due Criocere del giglio (Lilioceris lilii Scopoli 1763, Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) in accoppiamento

[fulviomeloni]

The Hole Maker by vielipowski http://ift.tt/2rc2Ozm #macro

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[thegrandimago]

Taken the same day as the previous post, this was a scarlet lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii), or liljebagge, that's colorful as ever. In Sweden, they occur wherever their food, as the name implies, lilies or fritillaries, grow. Their life-cycle begins in early in May after the adults have mated, females will lay up to 450 eggs in batches of 12 forming uneven lines on a lily leaf's underside. In 1-2 weeks, the eggs hatch and the larvae begin to feed for 24 days on the leaf. During this time, the larvae cover themselves in their own frass to make fecal shields that protect them from predators and sun. After 24 days, the larvae burrow into the soil and pupate by covering themselves in a case of dirt bound by their saliva. After 20 days, a newly formed adult will emerge and continue feeding on lily leaves until winter, when they shelter themselves in the soil until early spring to start the cycle over. When the adult is threatened, they will drop on the ground and go into thanatosis on their back exposing the black underside, which doubles as camouflage, or if escape isn't possible, they will stridulate causing a squeaking sound meant to startle a predator. #animal #animals #djur #wildlife #insect #insects #naturliv #natur #fauna #arthropod #arthropods #insekt #insekter #invertebrate #skalbaggar #bladbaggar #beetle #beetles #leafbeetle #invertebrates #insectagram #animalia #arthropoda #insecta #coleoptera #chrysomelidae #lilioceris #liliocerislilii #scarletlilybeetle #liljebagge (at Uppsala, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrkM3KAPy6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=