Media release no.
Taking the fire out of RIFA's 10 May 2001 Agriculture Western Australia's argentine ant specialists have been called on to help Queensland authorities contain infestations of exotic Red Imported Fire Ants in Brisbane. Entomologist Peter Davis and technical officer Mark Widmer recently returned from a three week stint working with the Queensland Department of Primary Industry. The WA officers helped assess the extent of two major infestations of exotic ants, which were discovered in February, and developed plans to contain them prior to eradication. It is important to establish effective control methods before winter when Red Imported Fire Ants are dormant, and to give an eradication program the best chance of success. He said a variety of baits were being evaluated in Queensland to destroy Red Imported Fire Ants nests.