Fire ants found on Sunshine Coast as dangerous pest continues to spread
by Australian Associated Press from on (#6N5ED)
Broadscale treatment under way after nests found at Nirimba in Queensland's south-east
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Fire ants have been found on the Sunshine Coast as the super pest continues to spread beyond a containment zone in Queensland's south-east corner.
It's the latest in a series of so-called outlier detections of the hyper aggressive invasive species that Australia has been fighting to eradicate for decades.
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