Huge benefits from managing little fire ant on the big island

摘要: Wasmannia auropunctata, threatens native biodiversity, alters tropical ecosystems, impairs human health, impedes tourism, diminishes agricultural productivity, mars horticulture sales, and accordingly ranks among the world’s worst invasive species. LFA will sting endangered reptiles and birds, interfering with reproduction, nesting, and survival of young. LFA will sting cats and dogs in the eyes repeatedly, eventually blinding them. They will crawl under clothing to sting people as well, causing pain, anxiety, and a long-lasting itchy rash. Unlike other invasive ants, which nest only on the ground, LFA will nest in trees and bushes and drop onto people who happen to brush by.Little fire ants are native to Central and South America. They show a preference for warm, moist, and shady environments but require only tiny niches to survive and can establish colonies within leaf litter, beneath a stone, under tree bark, in an old log, within a