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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, Hort Innovation, podcasts, Wine Australia The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, community, exotic, pests Protect your patch
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 The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, pests, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 Episode 10: Working together to enhance our biosecurity with Tim … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, podcasts, surveillance The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 - 26 February 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Act fast to manage that nasty Queensland Fruit Fly in your garden Queensland fruit fly (QFF) (Bactrocera tryoni) is a significant pest which can infest many different types of fruit and fruiting vegetables, making them inedible. It … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, fruit Gardening tips, Protect your patch
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 Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, biosecurity, exotic The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, bees, exotic, pests 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 Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, garden, pests Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, Where to go for help
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 Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, garden, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
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 Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, bees, exotic, garden, pests, plant health What bug is that?
