How the heat might help home gardeners

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

The very high temperatures experienced in South Australia may have resulted in some incidental benefits for home gardeners according to entomologist Stuart Pettigrew. He tells Jon Lamb and ABC Radio Adelaide's Deb Tribe about the devastating effect of the heat on pest insects and what that means for beneficial insects in our backyards.