I completely forgot about this thread. The bugs are some sort of beetle that flies up into the lilly flowers, and then stays put. Can't electro-zap them with the racket. Hard to shake them off. Spraying makes a mess, and only gets about 10% of them.
I might try Sevin. Anyone have objections to...
I have a year old bantam Dutch with a 3/16" overbite. The beak is perfectly aligned, but the upper half sticks out beyond the lower, and curves down a bit. She was a caged bird before we bought her, and now she's wiping her beak on hard surfaces when we let her out for her daily foraging.
She...
In our yard, we have calla lilies that attract a variety of flying bugs. They are too high for the chickens to eat. We'd like to kill them off, but we don't want chickens eating poisoned bodies.
Is there a safe insecticide of some sort that doesn't create a hazard for birds?