In late August 2019, a Waihee Valley resident called the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) to report stinging ants. She…
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Little Fire Ants
Why All the Talk About Eradication?
Life in paradise inevitably means dealing with invasive species in some form. From termites to rats, centipedes to garden weeds,…
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Fire! Little Fire Ants in Hawaii
Little fire ants are spreading throughout the state. First introduced to Puna in 1999, and shortly thereafter to Kaua’i, these…
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Invasive species can sting aloha
Aunty Penny Martin is a lei-maker on Molokaʻi. She was talking story one day with a friend visiting from Hawaiʻi…
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LFA – Insidious invaders that you can stop
Ginger Johnson bought a hapu‘u fern late in 2013 to plant alongside others in her yard. But when she heard…
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The little fire ant-bad news for food crops
The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, is a pest with a deservedly nasty reputation. Alone, this wee ant is neither…
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