The Bug Man 2/3

5 days ago

NEXT MEETING: Because Of The Upcoming Garden Tour On March 29, There Will Be No General Meeting On The 15th. Get Your Tour Tickets And We'll See You On March 29th!

NEXT MEETING: Because of the upcoming Spring Garden Tour on March 29, there will be No General Meeting on the 15th of March . Get Your...

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...

Jul 1, 2021

By James A. Bethke. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis (Figure 1), is an insect that was inadvertently...

Apr 1, 2021

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

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

Dec 1, 2020

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

Sep 30, 2020

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’

May 31, 2020

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