Lily beetles again

I have been surprised just how many lily beetles I found on my L. regale this year.   I have obviously missed a lot as this is what one stem looked like the other day.   The closer shot shows the orangy-coloured larval stage which disgustingly covers itsself in its own excrement!   Apparently this stage lives for a couple of weeks on the plant leaves and then crawls to the ground where it pupates and finally emerges as a beetle a couple of weeks later.   The beetles can over-winter!   Wish I had paid a bit more attention earlier in the year.   For more info and a survey see: http://www.rhs.org.uk/Science/Plant-pests/Lily-beetle