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Fire ants in the news.
'Australia's fire ant eradication program's slow response to online misinformation left it open to "anti-government narratives", an independent review has found.'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/review-finds-fire-ant-eradication-can-succeed/106630486 -
Farmers and conservationists form ’emergency alliance’ against invasive species
Farmers and environmental groups have joined forces in an “emergency alliance” to push for stronger invasive pest control…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Agriculture #Deer #environmentvictoria #fireants #InvasiveSpeciesCouncil #Pestcontrol #rabbits #Science #victorianfarmersfederation
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Japan caught in web of woe as over 3,500 venomous spiders found at US base
More than 3,500 venomous spiders – in…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Americas #australia #australian #Blackwidows #Brownwidowspiders #Fireants #Greywidows #invasivespecies #iwakuni #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #NiigataPort #Osakadocks #Pacific #Redbacks #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #USMarineCorpsAirStation #YamaguchiPrefecture
https://www.alojapan.com/1410935/japan-caught-in-web-of-woe-as-over-3500-venomous-spiders-found-at-us-base/ -
Japan caught in web of woe as over 3,500 venomous spiders found at US base
More than 3,500 venomous spiders – in…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Americas #australia #australian #Blackwidows #Brownwidowspiders #Fireants #Greywidows #invasivespecies #iwakuni #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #NiigataPort #Osakadocks #Pacific #Redbacks #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #USMarineCorpsAirStation #YamaguchiPrefecture
https://www.alojapan.com/1410935/japan-caught-in-web-of-woe-as-over-3500-venomous-spiders-found-at-us-base/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1410935/japan-caught-in-web-of-woe-as-over-3500-venomous-spiders-found-at-us-base/ Japan caught in web of woe as over 3,500 venomous spiders found at US base #Americas #australia #australian #BlackWidows #BrownWidowSpiders #FireAnts #GreyWidows #InvasiveSpecies #iwakuni #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NiigataPort #OsakaDocks #Pacific #Redbacks #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #USMarineCorpsAirStation #YamaguchiPrefecture More than 3,500 venomous spiders – including black widows and redbacks – have been exterminated a
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https://www.alojapan.com/1410935/japan-caught-in-web-of-woe-as-over-3500-venomous-spiders-found-at-us-base/ Japan caught in web of woe as over 3,500 venomous spiders found at US base #Americas #australia #australian #BlackWidows #BrownWidowSpiders #FireAnts #GreyWidows #InvasiveSpecies #iwakuni #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NiigataPort #OsakaDocks #Pacific #Redbacks #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #USMarineCorpsAirStation #YamaguchiPrefecture More than 3,500 venomous spiders – including black widows and redbacks – have been exterminated a
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Fears Australia will lose its war on fire ants, suffering the same fate as the US
They swarm, they sting, they’re invasive, and they could …
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #ant #AU #cats #council #dangerous #dogs #eradication #fireantbite #fireants #goldcoast #howbadarefireants #inseciticidefireanteradicationprogram #invasive #pets #poison #reecepiant #scenicrim #species #spreading #sting #stopfireants #typeoffireantpoison #whatdofireantslooklike #whathappens #zone
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Fears Australia will lose its war on fire ants, suffering the same fate as the US
They swarm, they sting, they’re invasive, and they could …
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #ant #AU #cats #council #dangerous #dogs #eradication #fireantbite #fireants #goldcoast #howbadarefireants #inseciticidefireanteradicationprogram #invasive #pets #poison #reecepiant #scenicrim #species #spreading #sting #stopfireants #typeoffireantpoison #whatdofireantslooklike #whathappens #zone
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Fears Australia will lose its war on fire ants, suffering the same fate as the US
They swarm, they sting, they’re invasive, and they could …
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #ant #AU #cats #council #dangerous #dogs #eradication #fireantbite #fireants #goldcoast #howbadarefireants #inseciticidefireanteradicationprogram #invasive #pets #poison #reecepiant #scenicrim #species #spreading #sting #stopfireants #typeoffireantpoison #whatdofireantslooklike #whathappens #zone
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"These super pests stand to inhabit at least 97 per cent of this country.""They're projected to cause more damage than cane toads, camels, foxes and feral pigs — all combined."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-18/america-lost-fire-ant-battle-will-australia-win/105520050
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Repeated multiple stings can cause severe allergic reactions, which can be fatal for those with underlying conditions.
"You're going to have pustules develop on your skin, it's going to be super itchy."
"You scratch them, you break the pustule and there's a likelihood you're going to get the secondary infections."
A 2024 study published in the journal Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease found about a quarter of people stung developed an allergic reaction.
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The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
Eradication scramble as fire ants discovered at Sunshine Coast house: Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, plants, turf or soil. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-01-23/fire-ant-outbreak-sunshine-coast-north-arm-estate/104846262?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SunshineCoast #fireants #invasive
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Fire ant bait opponents face sting of the law as Queensland police called in
Tensions ramp up between authorities and property owners who don’t want chemical treatment spread on their land
Do we really need to have NIMBYs and cookers for everything?
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The blacklight trap we set up the other night at UT Hill Country Field Station brought in a lot of insects, and a nearby fire ant colony took advantage of the bounty. This worker had quite a selection of little beetles to prey on; they seemed to prefer the heterocerids.
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Watch "I Battled An Outbreak of Flying Fire Ants In My Home and Giant Rainforest Vivarium" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/W1RiAgRmBK4?si=VWVcmPrKqq9hiagh
> A swarm of fire ants had a nuptial flight in my home.
#AntsCanada #Vivarium #Pantdora #animals #Terrarium #Rainforest #RainforestVivarium #FireAnts #NuptialFlight -
Watch "I Battled An Outbreak of Flying Fire Ants In My Home and Giant Rainforest Vivarium" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/W1RiAgRmBK4?si=VWVcmPrKqq9hiagh
> A swarm of fire ants had a nuptial flight in my home.
#AntsCanada #Vivarium #Pantdora #animals #Terrarium #Rainforest #RainforestVivarium #FireAnts #NuptialFlight -
Watch "I Battled An Outbreak of Flying Fire Ants In My Home and Giant Rainforest Vivarium" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/W1RiAgRmBK4?si=VWVcmPrKqq9hiagh
> A swarm of fire ants had a nuptial flight in my home.
#AntsCanada #Vivarium #Pantdora #animals #Terrarium #Rainforest #RainforestVivarium #FireAnts #NuptialFlight -
Watch "I Battled An Outbreak of Flying Fire Ants In My Home and Giant Rainforest Vivarium" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/W1RiAgRmBK4?si=VWVcmPrKqq9hiagh
> A swarm of fire ants had a nuptial flight in my home.
#AntsCanada #Vivarium #Pantdora #animals #Terrarium #Rainforest #RainforestVivarium #FireAnts #NuptialFlight -
Watch "I Battled An Outbreak of Flying Fire Ants In My Home and Giant Rainforest Vivarium" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/W1RiAgRmBK4?si=VWVcmPrKqq9hiagh
> A swarm of fire ants had a nuptial flight in my home.
#AntsCanada #Vivarium #Pantdora #animals #Terrarium #Rainforest #RainforestVivarium #FireAnts #NuptialFlight -
#Texas #SantaFe #Police #LawEnforcement
#FireAnts #Torture #videoHey, Santa Fe PD,
Sgt. Ruben #Espinoza and officer Christian #Garranza are bad cops, unkind neighbors, and are not good people.
https://www.galvnews.com/news/santa-fe-woman-suing-city-over-fire-ant-bites-demands-better-police-training/article_763a0ce6-8d6b-523a-89fd-ff8936de8983.html -
#Texas #SantaFe #Police #LawEnforcement
#FireAnts #Torture #videoHey, Santa Fe PD,
Sgt. Ruben #Espinoza and officer Christian #Garranza are bad cops, unkind neighbors, and are not good people.
https://www.galvnews.com/news/santa-fe-woman-suing-city-over-fire-ant-bites-demands-better-police-training/article_763a0ce6-8d6b-523a-89fd-ff8936de8983.html -
Ant geopolitics
https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-and-turbulent-global-world-of-ant-geopoliticsReport red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)
Information about fire ants and stopping their spread in NSW
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/bfs/insect-pests/rifa‘Wildly toxic’ poison used on fire ants is killing native Australian animals, experts warn Senate inquiry. Fipronil is banned for use on crops in the EU, China, Vietnam and California
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/16/fipronil-fire-ant-poison-toxic-senate-inquiry-bansHuman-mediated dispersal of ants
How ants are breaking down biogeographic boundaries and homogenizing biodiversity
"Our impact on biodiversity is overriding the biogeographical patterns resulting from millions of years of evolution, and disproportionately affecting the tropics and the islands."
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-ants-biogeographic-boundaries-homogenizing-biodiversity.html#ants #SolenopsisInvicta #FireAnts #pests #InvasiveSpecies #biosecurity #trade #NSW #wildlife #BellingenShire #Fipronil #pesticide
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Inside a nest of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta. Here, a small adult worker ant tends to piles of developing pupae.
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#FireAnts
The venomous invader threatening koalas and platypuses https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/koalas-echidnas-at-risk-if-fire-ants-aren-t-eradicated-20240202-p5f21f.html -
You know those little itchy blisters on your fingers that you get sometimes when you have fire ants living in your mulch? I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be biting them open with my teeth so that they will stop itching and heal faster, and yet, here we are. #PracticalMedicine #FireAnts #Blisters #Remedy #Mulch
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Sorry about that, Italy. #FireAnts https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/europe/invasive-red-fire-ant-europe-italy-scn/index.html
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We have fire ants in Europe now. I love to say I told you so, but I'm going to go with a classic Archer line.
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We have fire ants in Europe now. I love to say I told you so, but I'm going to go with a classic Archer line.
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We have fire ants in Europe now. I love to say I told you so, but I'm going to go with a classic Archer line.
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We have fire ants in Europe now. I love to say I told you so, but I'm going to go with a classic Archer line.
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We have fire ants in Europe now. I love to say I told you so, but I'm going to go with a classic Archer line.
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Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe.
Already a serious invasive species in the US and Australia, red imported fire ant nests have now been found in Sicily, Italy, and they could spread to other parts of Europe.
For people, red fire ant bites can be extremely painful due to their venom, which some people may even be allergic to.
#Europe #Italy #Sicily #Ants #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #ClimateChange
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Invasive species No 1 driver of biodiversity loss in Australia – and feral cats have biggest impact, report finds
"Australasia has been identified as a global hotspot for invasive species. In Australia, invasive species are the number one driver of biodiversity loss"
"Feral cats have the greatest environmental impact..."
"Australia has lost more native mammal species than any other continent, with more than 100 species listed as either extinct or extinct in the wild.'
“This report makes it clear that the Albanese government’s commitment to
‘ n o n e w e x t i n c t i o n s ’ will be no more than a slogan without increased focus and funding needed to prevent the next wave of invasive species."
Lyall Grieve, conservation and biosecurity analyst for the Invasive Species Council“Invasive species are likely to be a primary driver of 85% of the next round of predicted vertebrate extinctions over the next 20 years"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-no-1-driver-of-biodiversity-loss-in-australia-and-feral-cats-have-biggest-impact-report-finds
#NativeFlora #NativeFauna #biodiversity #FireAnts #pests #weeds #cats #pets #biosecurity #pathogens #trade #sprawl #extinction makers -
Here’s some karma. DC is almost certain to get infested with fire ants because of climate change. Older range expansion models had their northward advance stalled well south of there.
#Ants #FireAnts #ClimateChange #Virginia
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4652
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These blocky-headed girls are tropical fire ants, Solenopsis geminata. They feed more on grains than other fire ants, and their heads and jaws are more robust for milling seeds. Also, not nearly so aggressive as the red imported fire ants that plague Texas.
Photographed at El Yunque, Puerto Rico.
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Are you bringing a pot plant from Queensland to NSW? You could be risking a million-dollar fine
"The NSW government is warning those convicted of breaking biosecurity controls could face enormous fines as it ramps up efforts to keep dangerous fire ants out of the state".
"The control order prevents high-risk materials such as mulch, woodchip, soil, compost, sand, gravel, baled hay, and turf being moved from within a five-kilometre radius of a site where fire ants were found unless inspected and issued with a certificate by the Queensland Agriculture Department."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/two-million-dollar-fire-ant-fines-nsw-invasion-fight-ramps-up/102737340
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Are you bringing a pot plant from Queensland to NSW? You could be risking a million-dollar fine
"The NSW government is warning those convicted of breaking biosecurity controls could face enormous fines as it ramps up efforts to keep dangerous fire ants out of the state".
"The control order prevents high-risk materials such as mulch, woodchip, soil, compost, sand, gravel, baled hay, and turf being moved from within a five-kilometre radius of a site where fire ants were found unless inspected and issued with a certificate by the Queensland Agriculture Department."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/two-million-dollar-fire-ant-fines-nsw-invasion-fight-ramps-up/102737340
#pests #NSW #biosecurity #FireAnts #PotPlants #trade #PlantFair -
Are you bringing a pot plant from Queensland to NSW? You could be risking a million-dollar fine
"The NSW government is warning those convicted of breaking biosecurity controls could face enormous fines as it ramps up efforts to keep dangerous fire ants out of the state".
"The control order prevents high-risk materials such as mulch, woodchip, soil, compost, sand, gravel, baled hay, and turf being moved from within a five-kilometre radius of a site where fire ants were found unless inspected and issued with a certificate by the Queensland Agriculture Department."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/two-million-dollar-fire-ant-fines-nsw-invasion-fight-ramps-up/102737340
#pests #NSW #biosecurity #FireAnts #PotPlants #trade #PlantFair -
Are you bringing a pot plant from Queensland to NSW? You could be risking a million-dollar fine
"The NSW government is warning those convicted of breaking biosecurity controls could face enormous fines as it ramps up efforts to keep dangerous fire ants out of the state".
"The control order prevents high-risk materials such as mulch, woodchip, soil, compost, sand, gravel, baled hay, and turf being moved from within a five-kilometre radius of a site where fire ants were found unless inspected and issued with a certificate by the Queensland Agriculture Department."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/two-million-dollar-fire-ant-fines-nsw-invasion-fight-ramps-up/102737340
#pests #NSW #biosecurity #FireAnts #PotPlants #trade #PlantFair -
A young queen fire ant prepares for her mating flight at #UTAustin's Brackenridge Field Laboratory.
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I was trying to take a pic on my hike of beautiful blooms opening on a redbud tree. I couldn't get the pic right & kept moving around the tree for a couple of minutes. Then I felt little pinpricks at my ankles. You know what that means, I bet.
Yeah I looked down and saw both feet completely encrusted in enraged fire ants! Luckily I was wearing tight ankle socks and tight sweat pants so the damage was minimal but it took a while to get 'em all off as they crawled upward! #FireAnts #hiking
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I remember on @NPR / @wnyc hearing a bit about a woman who was preparing to die (from some chronic, ill-defined #illness) and then she stumbled on a bee's nest and got stung all over and her symptoms got massively better...so now she walks around with a little box of bees she sticks her hands into occasionally so she can get stung.
My question, does this work with #fireants? I have them in abundance and they are the most aggressive little buggers!
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#BudLitter with abandoned fire ant mound.
