Published - 14 January 2021 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 5: The role of the Victorian Chief Plant Health Officer with Dr. Rosa Crnov The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 5: The role of the Victorian Chief Plant Health … Read More bad bugs, biosecurity, detect, exotic, urban Home, Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 8 January 2021 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 4: Buying healthy and diseases free plants with David Reid The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 4: Buying healthy and diseases free plants with David … Read More citrus, podcast Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 30 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 3: Taking a close look at the tomato potato psyllid, otherwise known as TPP with Callum Fletcher The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 3: Taking a close look at the tomato potato … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, podcast Resources, What bug is that?
Published - 16 December 2020 By Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff Milne The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff … Read More citrus, Melbourne, podcast Home, Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 8 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 1: Do you know what sort of bugs are in your backyard garden? With Maddy Quirk The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 1: Do you know what sort of bugs are … Read More backyard, garden, podcast Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 27 May 2020 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? At the Urban Plant Health Network we’re hoping ALL of you will want to be one! Read our Pest … Read More ACP, asian citrus psyllid, asian honey bee, bad bugs, bee, citrus, detect, exotic, garden, glassy-winged sharpshooter, HLB, Huanglongbing, pest, pest warrior, psyllid, red imported fire ant, spotted wing drosophila, urban, varroa mite Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, Where to go for help
Published - 30 April 2020 By David Reid (Nursery & Garden Industry Victoria) Growing your own food is a reminder that life continues A stroll through your local nursery for vegetable seedlings or seeds is most likely to show empty shelves and benches right now. Gardeners new and … Read More city, food, garden, grow, nursery, urban, vegetable Gardening tips, Resources
Published - 16 April 2020 By Madeleine Quirk (AUSVEG) The rise of the Fall armyworm Fall armyworm larva / Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org The fall armyworm (FAW) is a moth native to the subtropical and tropical Americas, including the … Read More armyworm, bad bugs, biosecurity, exotic, fall armyworm, moth, pest Resources, What bug is that?
Published - 14 April 2020 By Steven Field and Deb Banks (Agriculture Victoria) Gardeners – read those chemical and pesticide labels! Backyard gardeners – make sure you read and follow the label of any chemicals you are using in your garden! We are staying at home and … Read More bee, beneficial, chemical, garden, label, pest, pesticide Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 7 April 2020 By Julia Severi and Jessica Lye (cesar) Forewarned is forearmed – the benefits of using sticky traps in your garden Sticky trap with cage in a citrus tree. Image credit: Kimberley Lamont Sticky traps are pieces of coloured plastic or cardboard, typically yellow (or sometimes blue) … Read More bad bugs, beneficial, biosecurity, bug, citrus, detect, garden, good bug, parasitoid wasp, pest, sticky trap, urban, wasp, yellow sticky trap Gardening tips, Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 1 April 2020 By Jo Chong Wah and Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Our activity book will get your kids learning about “bad bugs” to look out for It’s a really challenging time, with all of us in self-isolation.. Parents are working from home and kids are out of school. Are you struggling to … Read More ACP, activity, asian citrus psyllid, asian honey bee, bad bugs, bee, BMSB, brown marmorated stink bug, bug, citrus, detect, exotic, garden, glassy-winged sharpshooter, honey, Huanglongbing, kids, pest, pest warrior, psyllid, red imported fire ant, spotted wing drosophila Resources, What bug is that?
Published - 1 October 2019 By Lana Russell (Agriculture Victoria) Reporting unusual plant pests or diseases Have you spotted an unusual plant pest or disease? You can report these to the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline -1800 084 881. Calls within Victoria … Read More disease, exotic, pest, plant, report Home, Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?, Where to go for help
