Published - 22 January 2021 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 6: Be kind to spiders with Dr. Lizzy Lowe The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 6: Be kind to Spiders with Dr. Lizzy Lowe Dr. … Read More bad bugs, detect, disease, garden, pest, spider, urban Home, Resources, What bug is that?
Published - 15 January 2021 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Look out for spotted wing drosophila aka “The Berry Monster” in your patch Drosophila suzuki – commonly called the spotted wing drosophila or SWD. The spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) is an exotic fruit fly which favours soft-fleshed … Read More bad bugs, berries, berry, biosecurity, cherries, cherry, exotic, nectarine, plum, spotted wing drosophila, sticky trap, SWD What bug is that?
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 - 14 October 2020 By Kellyanne Harris and Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Help keep bumblebees out of Victoria Bumblebee on blue wild flower Bumblebees are large, hairy, social bees belonging to the family Apidae (subfamily Bombinae). Bumblebees are not known to occur on mainland … Read More bee, biosecurity, bumblebee, exotic, pest, pollination, pollinator What bug is that?
Published - 21 September 2020 By Madeleine Quirk (AUSVEG) Beware the red imported fire ant! Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta The Red Imported Fire Ant, commonly referred to as RIFA, is a serious exotic species that could impact Australia’s natural … Read More ant, bad bugs, biosecurity, detect, exotic, pest, red imported fire ant, RIFA, urban What bug is that?
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?
