Fire ant eradication attempts may be helping the invaders, study finds : environment@aussie.zone

Fire ant eradication attempts may be helping the invaders, study finds (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)

submitted 8 months ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gee we are shit at biocontrol

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Anyone got a fire ant toad to try?

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Fire ant toad with a little varroa mite sprinkled to taste.

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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

The study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70174 (not free)

I hate news articles that do not link to their sources and I hate paywalled science. If people have no legal or free way of verifying the claims made then they'll choose sides from these news articles based on rhetoric, not science.