Critique Lilioceris lilii

TimmyG · 7 Aug 2014

I haven't told the Mrs i found these on her lillies yet...

Scarlet Lilly Beetle by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr

Scarlet Lilly Beetle - Larva by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr

Scarlet Lilly Beetle by Tim.Garlick, on Flickr

poacher · 7 Aug 2014

Nice I like them all.

Carlh · 8 Aug 2014

excellent set tim, every one a good shot !

Paul Iddon · 8 Aug 2014

I hope you have got rid of them - they will soon let your Mrs know on their own if you haven't!

Paul.

jamiewednesday · 8 Aug 2014

Absolute B-----s!

They are among the more 'alien' looking bugs.

Clear shots though.

You must try flicking the leaves to send them pinging into the undergrowth.

Tintin124 · 8 Aug 2014

Not surprised you haven't told missus excellent shots and especially love the "fatty" larvae...

Not seen any on our lilies and have been keeping an eye for them.

TimmyG · 8 Aug 2014

jamiewednesday said:
You must try flicking the leaves to send them pinging into the undergrowth.

TBH I came out with three attached to my diffuser when I went poking it in there. They are messy little b*****rs.

Tintin124 said:
Not seen any on our lilies and have been keeping an eye for them.

I'll send you some if you like. I'm sure Mrs G will just pick them all off and squash them when she sees them anyway...

Thanks all!

alfbranch · 8 Aug 2014

Great stuff Tim

orionmystery · 12 Aug 2014

Great shots, I esp like the first and the last.

jus_tin · 12 Aug 2014

Wow, #3 is my pic of the bunch. Love it when you can see all the little hairs!!

coopers · 12 Aug 2014

That first shot is top notch

background colour sets it of to perfection.

Bill19 · 12 Aug 2014

Beautiful set! Love the yellow background, number 1 is definitely my favourite!

lfc1892 · 12 Aug 2014

First is ace

LCPete · 12 Aug 2014

First one is stunning Tim what a great angle and the lighting and background are spot on

trevormc · 13 Aug 2014

Love the shots but can't take to the bugs they have to go.

Trevor

Monkeyhanger · 13 Aug 2014

Excellent set

TimmyG · 13 Aug 2014

alfbranch said:
Great stuff Tim

Thank you Alf

orionmystery said:
Great shots, I esp like the first and the last.

Cheers Kurt. The last one reminded me of a tulip, or maybe a lollipop... not gonna try tasting it though!

jus_tin said:
Wow, #3 is my pic of the bunch. Love it when you can see all the little hairs!!

You know, I really like how that one came out. I didn't think I was going to like it and only really took it to show a different phase of their life cycle, but I think it looks good in it's own right. Took me a while to find a clean one though, most of the others were covered in s**t. Thanks

coopers said:
That first shot is top notch background colour sets it of to perfection.

Thank you. I held out a fallen (and yellowing) leaf to fill in the background a bit, otherwise it would likely have been black. Works quite well with the red I think.

Bill19 said:
Beautiful set! Love the yellow background, number 1 is definitely my favourite!

Thanks Billy

lfc1892 said:
First is ace

Thanks

LCPete said:
First one is stunning Tim what a great angle and the lighting and background are spot on

Cheers Pete

trevormc said:
Love the shots but can't take to the bugs they have to go.

Ha ha, exactly what my wife said. She's bought some bug killer! I think she missed her window of opportunity though, I bet many of the bugs have dropped to the ground now where they will pupate over winter and be ready for the next batch of lilies next year Thanks Trevor.

Trevor

Monkeyhanger said:
Excellent set

Thanks Keith

stu.artd · 13 Aug 2014

Nice photo's, that first one looks like it's on sentry duty.