It sounds like something out of a bad horror movie. Swarms of imported red fire ants—Brazilian insects with scarlet armor and a burning sting—have run rampant in parts of the United States, Australia and Taiwan, consuming small birds, felling livestock, and leaving painful welts on any human skin they contact.
This horror film may well have a sequel. The winged queen ants can fly up to 15 km to start a new colony—which means that eradication efforts will be ineffective. Says Dr. Richard Corlett, a Hong Kong University biodiversity expert, “There is no border patrol for ants.”
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