The Bug Man

NEXT MEETING: Zoom Only – 04/10/’23 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

Please join us on April 10, 2023, at 6 p.m. (PST) on Zoom only for this month’s SDHS General Meeting featuring a talk about one of the...

THE BUG MAN: What is a Piercing Sucking Insect?

In the last article (you can read it here), I mentioned that true bugs have piercing sucking mouth parts. I thought it would be a good idea

THE BUG MAN: One Bug, Two Bug, Red Bug, Blue Bug

In the fall, a common call I receive from friends and neighbors concerns masses of bright red bugs on trees, shed walls or front porches. I’

THE BUG MAN: Born Pregnant - Aphids

Many of the insecticide trials that I performed at the University of California Riverside were against aphids, which are one of the most com

THE BUG MAN: Jumping Spiders - One of the Good Guys

When I was a teenager, I collected a whole bunch of very small jumping spiders into small, clear, plastic containers and watched them for ho

THE BUG MAN: Common True Katydid.

While working to fix an irrigation line in my yard I noticed that one of my window screens was slightly damaged. Upon closer inspection, I n

THE BUG MAN: No Way! Blue Centipedes?

For all my life I knew an awful lot about bugs and other creepy crawlies, so I was confident when a Master Gardener said she had blue centip

The Formidable, and Misnamed, Potato Bug

This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke, well-known for his...