[Over the next few days I’ll be updating this post]

Solenopsis invicta, known as the Red imported fire ant (RIFA) has been deemed in an instructive and frightening American video as the Most successful creature that has ever lived.

They are omnivorous, they are ferocious, they have an unrivalled capacity for concerted action to promote their species, and they are here. According to the Invasive Species Council:

‘Fire ants are one of the world’s worst super pests and, if they are allowed to spread across the continent, their impact will be greater than cane toads, rabbits, feral cats and foxes combined.

Can our rickety political structure of six states and two territories loosely joined in a commonwealth defeat this determined little critter? Continue reading Is the invasive fire ant winning the war? →