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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
Published - 16 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff Milne The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff … Read More citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, pests, plant health, podcasts 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
