MYN / Lily Kumpe / Shiny leaf beetle (Spilopyra sp) D'Aguilar National Park, Queensland, Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Rod Williams / Lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, May.

Chris Mattison / Scarlet lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) Nottinghamshire, England, UK, May. Introduced species.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lily beetles (Lilioceris lilii) mating on hybrid orchid, Ophrys lacaitae x Ophrys holoseria ssp gracilis, in woodland, near San Marco in Lamis, Puglia, Italy, May.

Nick Upton / Scarlet Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) pair mating on lily leaf. Hertfordshire garden, UK, April.

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} two feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK

Silvia Reiche / Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) on purple flower, Netherlands

John Cancalosi / Close-up of Scarlet Lily leaf beetle larva {Lilioceris lilii} England - Larvae cover themselves with their own sticky black excrement, as a deterrent to predators and for camouflage.

Andy Sands / Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) Hertfordshire, UK April

Simon Colmer / Lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii) eggs on a leaf. Introduced, pest species in UK.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} Holstebro, Denmark

Premaphotos / Lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) on wild Garlic flower (Allium ursinum) France

Nick Upton / Red-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) resting on on a Lily (Nymphaeaceae) leaf in garden, Wiltshire, UK. May.

Nick Upton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii) resting on Lily (Nymphaeaceae) leaf, Wiltshire, UK. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pair of Scarlet lily beetles (Lilioceris lilii) mating, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. April.

Alex Hyde / Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii), considered a garden pest as it eats various species of lily. Photographed on a white background. Derbyshire, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) larvae and damage to a royal lily (Lilium regale) leaf, showing lily beetle camouglage. Devon, England, UK, june

Nigel Cattlin / Bright red lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) adult and some larval damage to a royal lily (Lilium regale) leaf, Devon, England, UK, June

Rod Williams / Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.