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Forget the delicate dance. Try Texas two-step to get pain-inflicting fire ants under control
LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a strategy called the Texas two-step. Borrowing its name from the country ...
Spread of Australia’s red fire ant population has sent 23 people to hospital
The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring ...
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Fire ants – one month ban on movement of high risk landscaping material
Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...
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Reports of ‘rafting’ fire ants prompt border crackdown
Alarming reports of fire ants "rafting" through floodwaters have prompted a border crackdown in an attempt to stop the spread ...
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Hybrid fire ants continue to spread in Southwest Virginia
Fire ants have been in eastern Virginia for many years. A new type of fire ant has now been confirmed in parts of Southwest ...
Fire ants spreading on floodwaters after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
The Bundamba home suffered damage after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred dumped massive amounts of rain across parts of Queensland. (ABC News: Tobi Loftus) Thousands of fire ants inundated his property this ...
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NSW Gov launch crackdown on fire ants
THE state’s peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. On Friday NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced measures to ...