Lily In Pots Has Hole Is Leaves.?

[lilacben]

found a small amount of black soil on them...Inside the soil is a small....smaller than a ladybird.. brown insect.. when you squash them they are full of liquid? what are they please.? I have a feeling they must be in the pots that is why covered in the soil.?

[Gromit]

Lily Beetle.
Horrible red insect or its Lavae.

You need this

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Probably cheaper in the supermarket.

[Buenchico]

At a guess, it's not soil but excrement and what you've got inside it, producing that excrement, are the larvae of lily beetles:
https://res.cloudinary.com/growinginteractive/image/upload/q_80/v1439723487/bigbughunt/pests/eu/RELB4.jpg

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/Profile?pid=553

[murraymints]

agree ^^^

[lilacben]

Thankyou to you all.. Yes that is the little blighter... spray to kill ..i am doing now. x

[woofgang]

Be careful with Provado. Its quite toxic and I found it doesn't work that well on Lily Beetles or Vine weevils

[Chipchopper]

Lily beetles disguise themselves as bird poop, to avoid being eaten, which could account for the black soil you're seeing.