Published - 18 December 2023 By Jo Hathway, NSW DPI Schools Program Red imported fire ants – NSW DPI Schools program The new incursion of Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) into northern NSW is causing a lot of concern. The current situation is reported on the NSW DPI … Read More red imported fire ants, RIFA Biosecurity Basics, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Surveillance and reporting, Uncategorized
Published - 30 November 2021 By NSW Department of Primary Industries Gateway pests of NSW online course Do you know the difference between a Red Imported Fire Ant and a Yellow Crazy Ant? How do you spot a cane toad? Is that … Read More biosecurity, cane toads, environmental pests, exotic pests, plant pest, red imported fire ants, red-eared slider turtle, surveillance Biosecurity Basics, Case Studies, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Surveillance and reporting
Published - 29 July 2021 By NSW Department of Primary Industries What’s that ant? Identifying invasive ant species Why is recognising invasive ants important? Invasive ants are environmental and social amenity pests with the potential to cause significant negative impacts on … Read More ant species, environmental pest, exotic ants, invasive ants, plant pest, red imported fire ants, reporting, yellow crazy ants Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Surveillance and reporting
Published - 27 November 2020 By Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity Network The ‘Bugs are out’ – A surveillance activity for schools Teachers, take your students outside and help monitor NSW for biosecurity pests This summer the Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity Network (PEBN) needs your help! Get your students … Read More BMSB, Brown marmorated stink bug, cane toads, exotic pests, invasive ants, red imported fire ants, red-eared slider turtle, surveillance blitz Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Surveillance and reporting
Published - 29 October 2020 By Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity Network Meet our pests! The Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity Network is engaging people from all walks of life who live, play or work in peri-urban areas of New South Wales … Read More BMSB, Brown marmorated stink bug, cane toads, environmental biosecurity, exotic bees, red imported fire ants, red-eared slider turtle, RIFA Biosecurity Basics, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment
Published - 31 August 2020 By Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity Network Peri-urban Environmental Biosecurity webinar – Watch out for these pests The PEBN recently presented a webinar for the Botanic Gardens Environment Network, one of our fellow Biosecurity COP’s, on watching out for environmental pests in … Read More cane toads, CEBO, environmental biosecurity, exotic pests, invasive ants, Local Land Services, NSW Department of Primary Industries, peri-urban, red imported fire ants, reporting Case Studies, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Surveillance and reporting
Published - 2 June 2020 By Michelle Smith Be aware of intruders in peri-urban areas When we use the term peri-urban, we are talking about small landholdings on the fringes of towns and cities which are sought after by many … Read More biosecurity, Brown marmorated stink bug, exotic bees, exotic pests, invasive ants, red imported fire ants, red-eared slider turtle, reporting, unusual sightings Biosecurity Basics, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment
Published - 26 February 2020 By Megan Power, NSW Department of Primary Industries Fire ant risk in hay During these incredibly stressful times it can be easy to forget about the biosecurity risks of importing fodder from interstate. Red imported fire ants, parthenium weed … Read More invasive ants, red imported fire ants, reporting, RIFA Biosecurity Basics, Pests and Diseases, Protect Your Environment, Small Farm Tips
