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Pacific Invasive Ant Toolkit
  • About the PIAT
  • Problem ants
    • What are the problems invasive ants cause?
    • 5 worst threat ants to the Pacific
      • African big-headed ant
      • Argentine ant
      • Little fire ant
      • Red imported fire ant
      • Yellow crazy ant
    • 13 other problem ants
      • Bicoloured pennant ant
      • Bicoloured trailing ant
      • Black crazy ant
      • Browsing ant
      • Ghost ant
      • Pharaoh ant
      • Similar groove-headed ant
      • Singapore ant
      • Tawny crazy ant
      • Tropical fire ant
      • White-footed ants
    • What makes these ants so successful?
      • Sugar devils
    • Identification
      • Resin blocks
      • Preparing samples for identification
      • Remote Diagnostic Facility (RDF)
    • Invasive ant distributions
    • Life cycle of ants
  • Prevention
    • Pre-export
      • Sea Container Hygiene System (SCHS) case study
      • Import Health Standard examples
    • Pre-border
    • At-border
      • Border inspection resources
    • Post-border
      • Early Detection and Rapid Response
      • Surveillance
      • Advanced detection tools
      • Incursion response
      • Movement controls
      • Waste management
      • Red imported fire ant response case study
      • National Invasive Ant Survey case study
      • Argentine ant national survey case study
  • Assessing the problem
    • Visual surveys
    • Attractive lures
    • Pitfall traps
    • Sticky traps
    • Card counts
    • Assessing ant impacts
  • Getting rid of ants
    • Prioritisation
    • Management goal
    • Environmental and social impact considerations
      • Neurotoxins
      • Stomach poisons
      • Insect growth regulators (IGRs)
      • Ant control product SDS and labels
    • Case studies
      • African big-headed ant case studies
      • Argentine ant case studies
      • Browsing ant case study
      • Little fire ant case studies
      • Red imported fire ant case studies
      • Tropical fire ant case study
      • Yellow crazy ant case studies
    • Choosing a treatment option
      • African big-headed ant treatment options
      • Argentine ant treatment options
      • Little fire ant treatment options
      • Red imported fire ant treatment options
      • Yellow crazy ant treatment options
      • Controlling other ants
      • Emerging & experimental treatments
      • A note on home-made treatment products
      • Off-the-shelf treatment products
      • Non-toxic options
      • Catalogue of ant treatment products
    • Applying treatments
      • Granular baits
      • Targeted insecticides
      • Paste and gel baits
      • Bait stations
      • Nest injection
    • Monitoring
      • Planning environmental monitoring
      • Monitoring non-target effects of treatment
      • Pesticide residues
    • How much will it cost?
  • Learning and teaching
    • Community awareness
      • Ways to help prevent invasive ants
      • Ways to help manage invasive ants
      • Media
    • Invasive ants for teachers and young people
      • PIAT Lesson plans for invasive ants
      • Fun Activities for Young People
    • The AWARE Programme
      • Invasive Species AWARE
      • Kiribati Year 6 invasive species AWARE
      • i-Kiribati outreach resources
    • Visitor awareness
    • Biosecurity training
    • PIAT workshops
    • PIAT posters
  • Legislation
    • Biosecurity legislation and regulations
      • International organizations
      • Regional organizations
      • Governments
      • Departments
    • Environmental legislation
  • Getting help
    • Regional agencies
    • Technical experts
    • Pest managers
    • Funding sources
    • Forums

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