Fire ants winning battle against eradication due to funding delays
Fire ant numbers will “surge” without further funding to help eradicate them. Source: Insects Unlocked, Wikimedia Commons. An environmental group says that funding delays may be “catastrophic” for the efforts to eradicate fire ants in south-east Queensland. Reece Pianta, a spokesperson from Invasive Species Council, said a leaked report from the Department of Agriculture and…
