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 ...

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 ...

I recently went to a social outing and I overheard several ladies whispering. All I needed to hear is, "That darn bug is back," and I knew exactly what they were talking about. Last year I went out to ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — An invasive insect that feeds on lilies and other popular plants has been discovered in Minnesota for the first time. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) says a St. Paul ...

A reader, Carolyn West, sent me an e-mail recently reporting with dismay that the lily leaf beetle had been discovered in her neighborhood in Hartford’s West End. She treated the news about the same ...

A reader, Carolyn West, sent me an e-mail recently reporting with dismay that the lily leaf beetle had been discovered in her neighborhood in Hartford’s West End. She treated the news about the same ...

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 ...

Gardeners hate bright-red lily beetles and I am constantly being asked how to deal with them in a green way. There's only one method and it's brutal - pick the conspicuous creatures off and kill them.

I recently went to a social outing and I overheard several ladies whispering. All I needed to hear is, "That darn bug is back," and I knew exactly what they were talking about. Last year I went out to ...