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'The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly' podcast

Top six exotic plant pests

Grapes in a vineyard

Published - 15 November 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 14: Australia’s number one priority plant pest with Craig Elliott

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 14: Australia’s number one priority plant pest with Craig …
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, Hort Innovation, podcasts, Wine Australia

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

Packages delivered from online shopping and left by a front door

Published - 3 November 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Keep an eye out for hitchhiker pests in your online shopping

Are you spending your days doing online shopping as we edge closer to Christmas? Do you have family overseas who are sending presents to your …
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Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, community, exotic, pests

Protect your patch

Published - 26 October 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 13: Queensland’s twenty-year long effort to extinguish fire ants with Kate Retzki

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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bad bugs, community, exotic, podcasts

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

Brown marmorated stink bug on a leaf

Published - 9 July 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 12: Check your deliveries for this stinky hitchhiker with Antonette Walford

Cover image: Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
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Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, pests, podcasts

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

adult serpentine leafminer

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 …
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AUSVEG, bad bugs, biosecurity, pests

Protect your patch, What bug is that?

worms in compost soil in a persons hands

Published - 24 May 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Making a worm tower for your garden

Not all gardens have the space for a worm farm, but worms help to improve soil fertility in gardens and are a great way to …
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beneficials, garden, Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria, plant health, tips

Beneficial ladybugs on a plant with aphids

Published - 20 April 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 11: Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden with Dr Lizzy Lowe

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 11: Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden with Dr …
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beneficials, Cesar Australia, good bugs, podcasts

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

Children with magnifying glass in the grass

Published - 17 April 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 10: Working together to enhance our biosecurity with Tim Hurst

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
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Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, podcasts, surveillance

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

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 …
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bad bugs, Cesar Australia, exotic, pests

What bug is that?

Spotted lanternfly with wings spread

Published - 25 March 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 9: Be aware the distinctive but destructive spotted lanternfly with Olivia Reynolds

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 9: Be aware the distinctive but destructive spotted lanternfly …
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bad bugs, Cesar Australia, exotic, podcasts

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

Bee on a flower

Published - 25 March 2021
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Episode 8: Keeping your backyard bees healthy with Cynthia Kefaloukos

The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network
Episode 8: Keeping your backyard bees healthy with Cynthia Kefaloukos

Beekeeping …
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Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, podcasts

The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly

Stick trap in a tomato garden

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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, Citrus Australia, pests, surveillance

Protect your patch, What bug is that?

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