NEXT MEETING: John Clements, Horticulturist Of The Year Presentation @ SDBG On Tue Oct 11 3pm
The San Diego Horticultural Society's Horticulturist of the Year for 2022 honoree, John Clements, Director of Gardens at the San Diego...
October 2022
Monthly Meeting
Articles
- Jul 1
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....
- May 1
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...
- Mar 1
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...
- Nov 1, 2021
THE BUG MAN: Serpentine Leafminers
By James A. Bethke, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. My first job in the University of California Riverside (UCR) Department of...
- Jul 1, 2021
THE BUG MAN: The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
By James A. Bethke. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis (Figure 1), is an insect that was inadvertently...
- Apr 1, 2021
THE BUG MAN: What are Ambrosia Beetles?
Ambrosia beetles are a group of beetles in the bark beetle family, Scolytidae. However, there is some argument by taxonomists that the group
- Feb 1, 2021
THE BUG MAN: Mosquito Eaters
Every spring I get calls and emails from people about the great mosquito eaters that are showing up at their lights, windows and doors at ni