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By okeon_admin on Tuesday,October 30th, 2018 in Ants, Collecting, News, OPG, Research, Visit, No Comments
We visited Taiwan for the research of Red Imported Fire Ant in Taiwan. Not to be stung. The safety issue is always important for us, but… Yoshi got several this time (T_T) when he tried to collect alates from colony. They are very good fighters and succeed to break into from our cuff… (-_-)
By okeon_admin on Wednesday,March 1st, 2017 in Ants, Collaboration, OPG, No Comments
We visited Ishigaki Island to see if there are any fire ants or any other invasive ants threats and check on the ants currently inhabiting in the area. I shuddered at the sight of the grassland surrounding Ishigaki airport and the man-made land at the harbor. It looked so similar to the scenery of Taiwan, […]
By okeon_admin on Wednesday,February 22nd, 2017 in Ants, Collaboration, OPG, Research, No Comments
Taiwan has been fighting fire ants over a decade. They must have excellent tactics to battle fire ants that we can adopt as a counter-plan to keep them away from Okinawa. To learn from their experience and knowledge, we visited the Red Imported Fire Ant Control Center and a fire ant control business. The staff was […]
