It is the time of year when many beautiful and naughty insects fly into the garden. This one is a particularly glamorous yet evil little beastie. The red lily beetle, flies around like a ladybird, but has a very good playing dead pose balanced on its back with its feet and antennae tucked in.
If you disturb the lily beetle at work; munching foliage, mating, or laying eggs , which are its main pastimes, it drops to the soil and is surprisingly hard to spot as it lies on its back.
Zeb Bakes 