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.
Yeah… ABC chose the scariest possible pictures for the fire ant stings.
They’re painful but those are definitely people who have bad reactions.
Unfortunately fire ants are in so many places around the world now.
I hope Australia will be able to control the spread but it’s really hard to do.