The Bug Man

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NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Ferns and Lycophytes of San Diego County, With Jon Rebman, October 17, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p

Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D., Curator and Chair of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum. Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D., is Curator/Chair of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum (since 1996) and a plant taxonomist who conducts extensive floristic research in Baja California and in San Diego and Imperial counties. He leads field classes and botanical expeditions and directs the San Diego County Plant Atlas project (sdplantatlas.org). Personal scientific collections: 37,000+ plant

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THE BUG MAN: Watch Out for Aloe Thrips

By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2026. Adult aloe thrips. https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ppd/PDF/Hercinothrips_dimidiatus.pdf. Watch Out for Aloe Thrips If you live in Southern California and your aloes are darkening and starting to die back, it could be caused by a new invasive pest called aloe thrips (Hercinothrips dimidia

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