He said DNA testing of fire ants from North Arm was underway as they worked with "carrier" suppliers to trace the source. "[We will] try and identify where that's come from and if there's any ...

A strange invader is marching across the United States, born of two different species. Red fire ants and black fire ants have both been imported to the US, and now they’ve teamed up to create a ...

Deadly fire ants have breached the Sunshine Coast biosecurity zone, with six nests found at a building site, prompting calls for more federal funding to thwart the pests’ march across the state.

An interesting finding from the study is that owners of 21% of affected dogs and 38% of affected cats reported seeing little fire ants (LFA) near their homes. While some prior studies have ...

Two Queensland businesses have been separately convicted in the NSW Local Court of breaching biosecurity regulations designed to protect NSW from red imported fire ants and in total ordered to pay $60 ...

Department of Primary Industries red fire ant map shows the species’ spread through southeast Queensland. Border patrols, CCTV detection cameras and sniffer dogs have also been used in the ...

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Australian formulation helps prevent spread of hitchhiking pests on council vehicle and machinery fleets Municipalities with public facilities at risk from the invasive spread of Red Imported Fire ...