She was so proud of her beautiful lilies and loved to sit by the patio window and admire each new blossom that appeared each day. But then she was puzzled one fine morning, noticing holes in the leaves…she could not see any insects and hoped the rain that day would wash away whatever was nibbling away at her Mother’s Day bouquet.
A few days later, she saw an insect and thought at first it was a beetle…a harmless little potato bug. A few days later, however, she thought differently…
perplexed invasion
outlandish as this may seem
Eurasian bugs skulk
nibble on leaves of lilies
voracious scarlet beetles
©Tournesol’16/06/08
Daily Moments – June 8 2016 – Voracious predators
Tournesol dans un Jardin 