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.
Big yikes. This is the stuff in oz that is actually concerning. Much more so than sharks and snakes.
@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.