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Fire ant response plan | Queensland Country Life
Queensland Country Life
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8/1/2024
Dr Erin Wallace says they are looking at the biology of the fire ant to help with eradication.
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The strategy that we have at the moment works very closely in sync with the biology of the fire ant.
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We're driving really hard to hack the biology of the ant, if you will,
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and work around that so that we get the best bang for buck.
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To date, we're the most successful in the world at getting rid of these insidious creatures,
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as you put them, and yes, this strategy is very much in alignment with the science.
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We're also continually looking into the biology of the fire ant to find better
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and more effective methods to progress with.
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