Little beetles
We've got these on some of our plants - the lily pictured
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Number774/100_0678%20Little%20beetles_zpsao970u2q.jpg
AKA
http://tinyurl.com/ocr7n5v
and on some other plants - notably roses and peonies. I have a feeling
that this is the reason the flowers are getting a bit dog-eared. The
lily has also had a few go brown without even opening. So 2 questions
- Are the brown, not opening, flowers likely to be the beetles? Another
candidate is drought...
- Is there anything I can spray the little b**s with that won't kill the
bees? I'm kind of reluctant to try to get them all off with a pooter,
there are _hundreds_!
Andy
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For those who don't know
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirator_%28entomology%29 is a pooter.
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