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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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, exotic, pests, surveillance 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 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 - 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 bad bugs, exotic, pests, plant health 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 - 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?
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?
