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Red beetles

16 years ago

Yesterday I was looking around yard and noticed that in the area that I planted three asiatic lillies at there was something red in those areas. It is red and the size of a lobster shell. Do bettles get that BIG? I was afraid to touch it.

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chowdhry
16 years ago
Does that beetle looks like this beetle mentioned in this thread?:
chowdhry
16 years ago
My bad!, a correction. Beetle is here:
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linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
16 years ago
There is no picture in the link.
chowdhry
16 years ago
Sorry, It's there in my second post. When I hit the GW link, I can see it now. Perhaps your firewall is blocking the pic?
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
16 years ago
I didnÂt think I had a firewall. But I found the picture by googling the caption. IÂve wondered for a while what they look like: always good to be forewarned.
tugbrethil
16 years ago
No picture in mine, either. No space for a picture. No message that a picture was blocked.
flora_uk
16 years ago
In response to the OP - no lily beetles are not as big as lobsters! You can see the size in the link. And they live on the plants not in the soil. No idea what you have found. Can you post a photo?

Here is a link that might be useful:

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