Pest and Diseases

By Denis Crawford

Most cultivated plants are attacked by a mixture of introduced and native insect pests. You may be surprised which pests are the native ones.

I recently found some caterpillars chewing into the leaves and stems of my climbing guinea flower, Hibbertia scandens.… Continue reading

By Denis Crawford

The arrival of insects en masse can cause alarm, but as you will see an ‘invasion’ may not necessarily result in an infestation requiring management.

Just as our borders were reopening post-COVID, there were some arrival flights of a different kind in my region.… Continue reading