The Bug Man

Jan 1

NEXT MEETING: Congratulations To Dennis Mudd, 2025 Horticulturist Of The Year! Presentation Meeting Will Be Held In His Poway Home & Garden! January 18, 2025 1:30p - 3:00p

Register for the Horticulturist of the Year party to be held on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 1:30p - 3p, at 2025 HOY honoree Dennis...

Aug 31, 2024

By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...

Mar 1, 2024

By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...

Sep 30, 2023

By Eric Middleton, UC Cooperative Extension IPM Advisor, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2023. Editor’s note: Please welcome Eric...

Jun 30, 2022

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

Apr 30, 2022

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

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...

Oct 31, 2021

By James A. Bethke, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. My first job in the University of California Riverside (UCR) Department of...