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 - 30 October 2023 By Jo Chong Wah Episode 21: Zest warrior: Asian citrus psyllid and the CitrusWatch program with Dr Jessica Lye The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 21: Zest warrior: Asian citrus psyllid and the CitrusWatch … Read More acp, asian citrus psyllid, bad bugs, biosecurity, citizen science, citrus, Citrus Australia, citruswatch, pests, podcasts, surveillance The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
Published - 28 August 2023 By Jo Chong Wah Episode 20: The good and the bad in the world of flies with Kyla Finlay The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 20: The good and the bad in the world … Read More bad bugs, biosecurity, flies, fruit fly, good bugs, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
Published - 2 November 2022 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 19: What’s all the buzz about bumblebees? with Michael Whitehead The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 19: What’s all the buzz about bumblebees? with Michael … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, bees, exotic, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 - 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 Episode 13: Queensland’s twenty-year long effort to extinguish fire ants … Read More bad bugs, community, exotic, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 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 - 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 - 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 … Read More bad bugs, Cesar Australia, exotic, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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, beneficials, good bugs, pests, podcasts Resources, The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly