Scarlet lily beetles are most active in your garden from late March until October. Lily beetles have become widespread in Britain and Ireland since the early 1990s. These insects eat a lot of foliage ...

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 ...

Conservationists have built miniature "thatched cottages" in a bid to save a rare beetle. The scarlet malachite beetle is thought to use the thatch of real country cottages to lay eggs and hatch out ...

A volunteer from London's Natural History Museum has discovered a new population of one of Britain's rarest insects in Surrey. The scarlet malachite beetle was found during a study at Bookham Common.

Scientists want help in unravelling the mysterious life of a rare beetle. The scarlet malachite beetle is only found at eight sites across Essex, Hertfordshire and Hampshire. The 7mm green and red bug ...

DEAR LINDA: That’s a scarlet lily beetle. As you’ve experienced firsthand, its diet consists of plants in the lily family, especially Asiatic lilies and fritillaries. And the results can be ...

A RARE beetle not seen in Surrey for more than half a century has been discovered. A RARE beetle not seen in Surrey for more than half a century has been discovered at Bookham Common. The new ...

A volunteer from London's Natural History Museum has discovered a new population of one of Britain's rarest insects in Surrey. The scarlet malachite beetle was found during a study at Bookham Common.