PHOTO: Unwanted visitors: Fire ants have made their way into NSW for the first time.
In an alarming development for the state’s biosecurity, fire ants have broken through the northern border and made their way into New South Wales.
Authorities have confirmed the detection of three red imported fire ant nests – with surveillance ongoing – in South Murwillumbah in north-eastern NSW, 13 kilometres south of the Queensland border.
This is the first fire ant detection in Northern NSW and presumed to be the most southern report of fire ants from the Queensland infestation…