Published - 22 February 2022 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) What is the best way to report a suspect pest? So, you find something in your garden that you haven’t seen before. Maybe you have heard us talk about exotic pests and the importance of … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, biosecurity, community, exotic, plant health, surveillance Protect your patch, What bug is that?, Where to go for help
Published - 16 March 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Melbourne gardeners join the psyllid hunt This Easter, gardeners around Melbourne are setting traps in their veggie patches and citrus trees to help Agriculture Victoria researchers search for exotic psyllids. Recently we … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Citrus Australia, pests, surveillance Protect your patch, 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 Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, diseases, exotic, pests Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?, Where to go for help
Published - 2 October 2019 By Agriculture Victoria Look out for the brown marmorated stink bug this spring The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is an insect that feeds on fruits and vegetables and over winter shelters inside homes and buildings, vehicles, machinery … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, garden, pests What bug is that?
Published - 9 June 2021 By Madeleine Quirk (AUSVEG) Inspect your vegetable crops for signs of this leafmining pest Cover image: Adult of Liriomyza huidobrensis. National Plant Protection Organization, the Netherlands, Bugwood.org Have you ever wondered what causes the squiggly lines on the leaves of … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, biosecurity, pests Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 1 October 2019 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) and Jeff Milne (Citrus Australia) Do you have citrus gall wasp in your garden? Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) affects all types of citrus across Australia. The wasp produces lumpy, woody galls around their larvae on branches. The galls … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, garden What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?
Published - 30 March 2021 By Dr Jessica Lye (Cesar Australia) Keep a lookout for the exotic spotted lanternfly Cover image: Richard Gardner, Bugwood.org The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a high priority plant pest in many countries around the world. Currently, the spotted lanternfly is … Read More bad bugs, Cesar Australia, exotic, pests What bug is that?
Published - 23 March 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 AUSVEG, bad bugs, exotic, pests, plant health What bug is that?
Published - 2 September 2019 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) and Nikki Jones (Agriculture Victoria) Keep those backyard beehives free of disease With spring upon us, backyard beekeepers should be preparing to conduct inspections and maintenance on their hives. Beekeepers have an important role to play in protecting … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, biosecurity What bug is that?
Published - 19 December 2019 By Maddy Quirk (AUSVEG) Keep an eye out for tomato potato psyllid The tomato potato psyllid (TPP) is a small sap-sucking insect and a serious pest of tomato, potato, chilli, capsicum, eggplant, tamarillo, sweet potato and weeds … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, exotic, pests, vegetables Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 30 December 2019 By Jeff Milne (Citrus Australia) Look out for this citrus pest at your place as part of the bigger picture Citrus trees in backyards and orchards in the USA are being killed by a small bug called the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP). We want to … Read More bad bugs, citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, exotic, pests Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 21 January 2020 By Dr Jessica Lye (cesar) Busy, busy bees: Honey is only part of the picture Amegilla cingulata – Blue-banded bee. Image credit: Erica Siegel If I were to ask you what a native Australian bee looks like, what would you say? To … Read More bees, beneficials, Cesar Australia, good bugs What bug is that?
