Fire ants are on the march. Here's what happens when they sting
- Written by: Darren Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney
Veronika Kunitsyna/ShutterstockRed imported fire ants are a particularly nasty type of ant because they are aggressive, and inflict painful stings that may be life threatening. That’s in addition to being a serious threat to agriculture and biosecurity.
In recent weeks, we heard these ants had spread from Queensland, south into northern New...
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