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Yellow Crazy Ant

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Yellow Crazy Ant

  • Class 1 Environmental pest
  • One of the worlds 100 worst pest
  • Illegal

WHERE IS IT FROM

Originally from Africa, but now almost all over the world.

ALIEN AREA

Accidentally brought to USA
Photo by Josué Braun

DAMAGE

  • Scavenging predator
  • Crops
  • Corpses
  • Insects
  • People

NEGATIVE IMPACT

  • Farms out of business

ANIMALS GOING EXTINKED

PLANTS GETTING KILLED

PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK

  • native toad called the Sulawesi toad
  • Illegal in the states
  • increases of injection of resources.
  • bait used, very low toxicity

IMPORTANT?

  • Yes! If the ants get to high in population
  • Not only will animals and plaint life be killed
  • But it can harm humans and become a big problem
  • They will be on the top of the food chain!