Red Lily Beetle

[PaulG]

Being new to all of this I think I may have just let one of these hide away in my garden. I spotted what I assumed to be an unmarked ladybird of some kind and came inside to look it up, unable to find anything of an unmarked ladybird of a bright crimson colour I widened my search and came across the above beetle, although the colour and size are exact i am still a little unsure because of the shape.

This is a link to the beetle however what was in my garden was far more rounded in appearance, anybody know of a ladybird that might fit the bill or do i now have to be a little more careful and make sure i report it as a beetle sighting?

If it makes any difference it was on my young peas, i also noticed many of the leaves have what i can only described as a white scribble across them, no leaves are damaged and it is not something i can rub off, is this linked to the beetle or something different?

[Two_Sheds]

It is an evil lily beetle, not a ladybird.

Crush it. The dratted things are ruining my lilies again this year, although I am vigilant about crushing the beetles, eggs and larvae.

[PaulG]

Thanks, if i find it again it will definately get squashed.

[Littleplum]

Did you report the sighting

Did you report the sighting using the link you gave? The more that is known about them the more that can be done about them
I too found a lone beetle and killed it. Having done that I wasn't too sure what it was. Having checked it on the 'net, I went back to the plants and found orange eggs on the underside of 3 leaves. The eggs I squashed. I then checked all of my other lillies in both the front & back gardens. No other beetles or eggs were found. Touchwood....I've not seen any other signs of them.

[PaulG]

I did report it. I looked around but saw no eggs nor could i find the beetle again, i am assuming that because i do not have lillies this particular beetle was just resting on my peas while looking for a garden with lillies in it. Maybe my neighbours garden confused it with the 4 feet tall grass all going to seed

[Two_Sheds]

I have killed at least a dozen lily beetles this year, and eggs, but I am still overrun with maggots.
There's a photo in my blog (I haven't time to upload it on here right now)