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Fruit fly – how can you manage a difficult pest?

Fruit flies are active – don’t get caught out! If you wish to grow fruit then you need to be thinking about managing fruit fly. Your fruit are most at risk when: Conditions are warm There have been recent rainfall or shower events You have ripening fruit susceptible to fruit fly attack Pesticide sprays are […]

Strawberry bronzing review

This season many growers and agronomists have been finding higher than normal levels of bronzed fruit and there is concern that this bronzing is the result of thrips activity. However, on the farms that Bugs for Bugs crop scouts visit regularly thrips numbers are much lower than what is normally associated with the levels of […]

Pink Wax Scale

 Pink wax scale (Ceroplastes rubens) At this time of year we commonly get enquiries about pink wax scale. This pest occurs on a variety of plants including fruit trees such as citrus, mango, avocado, custard apple as well as some garden plants including lillypilly and umbrella tree. In Queensland there are usually two generations per […]

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