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 - 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 - 2 September 2019 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Welcome to the Urban Plant Health Network Urban and community gardeners of Greater Melbourne, this is your network! The Urban Plant Health Network connects you with industry and government experts to help you … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, community, diseases, garden, pests, surveillance Resources, Where to go for help
Published - 12 April 2022 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 16: The community approach to managing Queensland Fruit Fly with Bronwyn Koll The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 16: The community approach to managing Queensland Fruit Fly … Read More Agriculture Victoria, community, fruit, pests, podcasts, vegetables 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 - 30 October 2019 By Lana Russell (Agriculture Victoria) How do pests and diseases get into Australia and how can we detect them? Historically, our country has been protected by its geographic isolation, which means Australia is free today of many of the pests and diseases common to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, diseases, pests Protect your patch, Resources
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 - 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
Published - 30 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 3: Taking a close look at the tomato potato psyllid, otherwise known as TPP with Callum Fletcher The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 3: Taking a close look at the tomato potato … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, pests, plant health, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
