MADISON – A bright-red beetle whose young eat lilies, look like slugs, and wrap themselves in their own excrement has shown up in Marathon County. It’s the first time this pest has been found in ...

True lilies such as 'Mrs. R.O. Backhouse' can be severely damaged by lily leaf beetles, a relatively new pest in Central New York. The insects have been spreading from New England, where they were ...

Yardwork is going slowly but purposefully. I thought I’d been diligent about following my notes from last season, but I slipped up and forgot to check the lilies when they began to emerge. Last season ...

The lily, native around the world in the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere, has been an important cultural icon for millennia. Depending where you stand on the globe, it can represent ...

WAUSAU - One fiery red insect is eating Marathon County residents out of their lilies and gardens. Known for its scarlet red coloring and black limbs, the half-inch, oblong-shaped lily leaf beetle has ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Researchers have released parasitic wasps at several sites in New York to test them as a natural control against a devastating... Jul 17, 2017 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Researchers have ...

If you love your lilies in your garden, you may be living a gardening nightmare. The lily leaf beetle is eating its way across Michigan’s lilies. It’s been said we need to know our enemy. There are ...

State agriculture officials are asking Wisconsin nursery owners and gardeners, especially those in Marathon County and neighboring Marshfield, to be on the lookout for the distinctive red lily leaf ...

A bright red beetle - and its dung-covered larvae - may be carving out a bare space in your garden where lilies once stood. The University of Connecticut Home and Garden Education Center put out an ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Researchers have released parasitic wasps at several sites in New York to test them as a natural control against a devastating beetle that has led many gardeners to give up on ...