Fire ants are considered a greater invasive pest than cane toads, rabbits, feral cats and foxes combined, with documents showing a queen was discovered in Melbourne this year.
Be wary folks. A queen ant was discovered in Melbourne on a freight pallet from Queensland according to this article.
I thought we only had bull ants, and these were bad enough. Jack jumpers are more Tassie??? I agree that we really really really don’t need to add fire ants to the mix.
@plumbercraic @Thornburywitch there are already native Jack Jumpers that put people in hospital, adding these would be horrific.
I thought we only had bull ants, and these were bad enough. Jack jumpers are more Tassie??? I agree that we really really really don’t need to add fire ants to the mix.
@Thornburywitch yup they are in the Yarra Valley and assumedly other rural places too. Nasty.