Since the beginning of this year, there can be said a lot of news about the "red fire ant", mainly because the biological population has spread on a large scale in China and entered 12 provinces, which is a threat to both other biological populations and people. Once the "red fire ant" attacks a person, it may be shocked or even fatal, because the bite of the creature will release the venom in the venom glands, so the red fire ant is also one of the 100 dangerous invasive species in the world.
And China's first discovery was in 2004, after guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places have been a very common species, although China continues to control the species, but the spread of red fire ants is still very strong, a mature nest may have more than 100,000 red fire ants, so it is very scary, once the nest encounters disturbance, the colony will fall out to attack the intruder, now we only look forward to being able to eliminate all this creature as soon as possible, it is obvious that it is difficult to eliminate all of it, because the organism is breeding, spreading, Proliferation in progress. At this tense moment, our country has reported another piece of news about "poisonous ants".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" 38 highly toxic live ants were seized > Qingdao, Shandong</h1> Province
"Red fire ant" is an invasive biological population, obviously not in Our country, as for how to reach our country, there is no positive statement for the time being, but it is generally believed that the high probability is from the way of trade into our country, so it leads to today's large-scale proliferation, out of control. The 38 strongly toxic live ants seized in Qingdao, Shandong This time are still not China's biological population. According to publicly available scientific reports, it contains 23 ants of the genus Bulldog ant and 15 ants of the genus Bowback Ant.
These two attributes of ants are not our country, so it must be another way of trade, indeed China's name is prescribed "live insect genus is prohibited from mailing into the country", but at this emergency moment, there is a live ant transport, and these ants are huge, adult ants are 25 to 45 mm long, the most terrible thing is that some species of ants in the genus Bulldog ant, known as "the most dangerous ants in the world", have a strong aggressive and toxic.
If these illegally traded biological populations enter our country, is it another "ant invasion" that has begun, so it is very frightening, which is why many people feel "angry", why they are dizzy, why they do these things. If there is no accident, the high probability is that someone wants to breed this biological population, so through transportation, see if you can escape a disaster, the specific ant follow-up problem, our country also deals with it in accordance with the regulations, of course, who is transported, but also to accept, there is no more to say. So it's not a good thing, aggressive and very toxic species, and once it hurts people, it's not a simple problem.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > how toxic are the genus Toxoptera and Bulldog ant? </h1>
Humpback ant genus is a very widely distributed species, distributed on a global scale, now the attribute of ants under the total of more than 2,000 subspecies or variants, about 50 genera, because there is no one today can do systematic research on the toxophone ant genus insects, so what type of species there is in China, it is not clear for the time being. But science has concluded that most species of the genus Humpback Ants live in the tropics, especially in North America, so it is difficult to say whether there is any impact on us.
However, this time the ants of the genus Humpback Ant have been treated, so China can not place it, and there is no clear study on whether this ant is toxic or not. And the bulldog ant genus ants are not the same, few people in our country have heard of the biological population, it is called "the most dangerous ant in the world", that must be very powerful, such as: bulldog ant, pit bull ant also known as "cow ant, dog ant, lion ant" and so on, mainly distributed in Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, of which about 90 species of bull-headed dog ants live in Australia.
The ant is the largest of the ant species, up to 5 centimeters in size, and this ant has a stinger that can kill the enemy, so it is a highly toxic ant, very toxic - it is also what we call "the most dangerous ant in the world".
There are several times this sting is enough to kill adults in 15 minutes, so the subordinate population of the ant genus or similar poisonous ants can kill people within 15 minutes, very terrible, although the ants seized in Qingdao, Shandong, do not know whether there is this species, but its same part of the population, the probability also has such characteristics, so it is very dangerous, fortunately this time completely intercepted, otherwise according to this toxicity, if it spreads in the human living area, it is not a fatal point, this is the ant population of two attributes.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > how big is the threat of biological invasion? </h1>
In general, there are three main channels of biological invasion, natural invasion, unintentional introduction, and intentional introduction. This time, Shandong Qingdao seized 38 strongly toxic live ants, which were obviously introduced intentionally, so the seizure is what we most hope to see. According to the "List of Invasive Alien Species in China", as of August 2020, more than 660 invasive alien species have been found in China, so the number is very large. So how big is the threat of biological invasion?
First of all, biological invasion will definitely have a certain impact on local organisms, and the organisms in a region itself have reached a saturated state, and the food chain is very stable, but after the invasive species come, the food chain will collapse, and even if there is a situation of "predation", it will also lead to the disappearance or extinction of the local species. Secondly, biological invasion will lead to the destruction of biodiversity, and then endanger the impact of agriculture and human living areas, such as red fire ants are typical examples, which have a huge impact on human production and life, and so on.
So in general, no matter what kind of alien species, after entering our country, it is a bad thing, which may have a great impact on human beings, which is why China strictly controls the population of invasive organisms, because once it enters the wild, it is very likely to be difficult to control. It is undeniable that nowadays, due to "pets", there are many cases of trafficking in alien organisms, so this is also the reason for the intensification of the invasion of alien organisms in China.