12-14-2023, 05:23 PM
if it had been taken this seriously 25 years ago
Fire ants were brought in by a single nursery grower. He sold infected stock to a known number of customers, that could have been traced. USDA was called early on by one of those customers. USDA responded exactly as they did to initial reports of coqui.
A site inspection and no follow up.
And here we are.
But they will take your apple or banana if you try to fly to the mainland with one.
Fire ants were brought in by a single nursery grower. He sold infected stock to a known number of customers, that could have been traced. USDA was called early on by one of those customers. USDA responded exactly as they did to initial reports of coqui.
A site inspection and no follow up.
And here we are.
But they will take your apple or banana if you try to fly to the mainland with one.