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May 2025
Monthly Meeting


NEXT MEETING: The Horticultural History Of San Diego Presented By John Clements, May 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. In-person, Oasis Rancho Bernardo
This vintage photo of San Diego is a favorite of John Clements'. The dark dot just to the left of the middle of the photograph is a large...
7 days ago
Articles


THE NEW BUG MAN: Watch Out For Thrips parvispinus In San Diego County
By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...
Feb 28


THE BUG MAN: A New Eucalyptus Beetle In San Diego County
By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...
Sep 1, 2024


THE BUG MAN: Agave Mites - An Invisible Enemy
By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...
Mar 1, 2024


THE NEW BUG MAN: Green Fruit Beetles - A Sign Of SD Summer & Early Fall
By Eric Middleton, UC Cooperative Extension IPM Advisor, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2023. Editor’s note: Please welcome Eric...
Oct 1, 2023


THE BUG MAN: Earwigs
By James A. Bethke, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2022. Figure 1. The European earwig, Forficula auricularia L. Photo from Pixabay.com....
Jul 1, 2022


THE BUG MAN: Soft Scales
By James A. Bethke, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Soft scale insects can be quite a pest in the landscape and garden in southern...
May 1, 2022


THE BUG MAN: Sooty Mold
Sooty Mold By James A. Bethke, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. I gave a presentation a few years back at a community center, which was...
Mar 1, 2022
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