The Bug Man 2/3

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...

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

Mar 31, 2020

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