Had to rip out most of my asiatics

[boops]

My Asiatics and panther lilies have been attacked with the dreaded red lily beetle. they devoured all the foliage and flower buds. I never saw them before this year or had any problems. I just soaked the soil in the areas with spinosad and just ordered Imidacloprid drench for the Spring. Anyone else have this problem? there were too many to pick off.

[Pandora]

So sorry to hear this. I've never had the problem you experienced.

We are both lilyless ! l guess you said "most", so I hope some will survive.

[boops]

some survived-I flipped out when I saw those bugs covering all the leaves. I read that they will survive in the soil so hopefully the drench (which I did already and lasts for 12 months should help) had cane borers also that killed my Sutherland Gold Sambucus in the spring. This was the worst bug season I have ever encountered in over 20 years, . Hope next year isn't as bad.