The brilliant red Lily Leaf Beetle (LLB) is a European native first sighted in New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the summer of 1992. Although the insect has been living in and around Montreal, Canada, since 1945, experts believe it came into New England with a shipment of European bulbs. At first encounter, many gardeners admire the striking crimson insects on their lily plants in early spring — until they discover the damage a few beetles and their larvae can do to a bed of prized lilies in a short time.