Could these simple tricks keep away red lily leaf beetles?

Photo of red lily leaf beetle courtesy Gordon Ballard. Flower photos by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko Recently a couple of readers have shared ways to keep red lily leaf beetles from eating their plants. Could these things really work? I asked John Farfaglia, extension educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Niagara County, what he thought of the suggestions. Bottom line: there are no studies on whether these methods work, but they shouldn’t hurt, either. Diatomaceous earth for red…

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