Traps!
Or, check to see if you have red lily beetles which eat asiatic lilies (and have disgusting larvae which cover themselves in their own black feces. Yuck.) Tap them into a container of soapy water.

Here is a link that might be useful: red lily beetle info

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This post was edited by susanzone5 on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 19:27

Thank you susanzone5. No, just the buds. The rest of the plants are fine. Two stems were broken at ground level which makes me think that the critter was heavy (not an insect). We were so looking forward to the bloomsâ¦â¦.

Plants that animals like are best grown inside a fenced-in area with chicken wire along the bottom to keep out small and burrowing animals. If the buds are eaten, I'd suspect deer or woodchucks.

I stopped planting anything the deer eat, outside the fence. Lilies are all inside the fence with hardware cloth(1/4 inch wire mesh) surrounding the bulbs. Gotta do what you gotta do to not have to cry at precious flower loss!

Best wishes for a good crop next year. Toss some dried blood around to keep the animals off for now.

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This post was edited by susanzone5 on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 10:29