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 - 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 - 9 June 2022 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 18: Improving surveillance with emerging technologies with Tim Hurst The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 18: Improving surveillance with emerging technologies with Tim Hurst We … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, exotic, surveillance 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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?
