NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Thrips To Palm Weevils - Identifying & Managing SD County Horticultural Pests
Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on September 11, 2023, at 6 pm at CBI in-person or 6:30 pm on Zoom for our next hybrid...
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September 2023
Monthly Meeting
Articles
- Jul 1, 2022
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, 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...
- Mar 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...
- 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
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