Yokohama Port Chinese freighter container confirms Hiari Queen Ali's first confirmation June 11 21:31
About 300 fire ants, including the queen ant, were found in containers from Chinese freighters that arrived at Yokohama Port. This is the first time a queen ant has been confirmed at Yokohama Port, and the City of Yokohama is working with the Ministry of the Environment on extermination and investigation.
According to the city of Yokohama, after a container unloaded from a cargo ship that entered the port of Yokohama from China at the end of last month was carried to a business operator in Odawara city, several ants, which seemed to be fire ants, were found.
When the city of Yokohama, etc., which received the contact, examined the inside of the container and the area around Honmoku Pier at the port of Yokohama where the cargo was unloaded, and confirmed that more than 300 fire ants were found.
About 20 queen ants with wings and fertility have been confirmed, and according to the city of Yokohama, this is the first time that queen ants have been confirmed at Yokohama Port.
In addition, ants that have entered and left the Honmoku Pier's ground have also been confirmed, and the City of Yokohama and the Ministry of the Environment are eradicating them by trapping them and conducting an investigation to see if they have spread to the surrounding area.
Fire ants are highly aggressive and toxic, and the city warns operators working at the wharf not to trample or destroy their nests if they find a suspicious ant.