More than 500 fire ants found at Tokyo Aomi Pier October 1, 16:44
More than 500 fire ants with strong poison have been found at Aomi Pier in Koto Ward, Tokyo, and the Ministry of the Environment is proceeding with their extermination.
More than 50 fire ant queen ants were found at Qinghai Pier in Koto Ward, Tokyo from September to October last year, and the Ministry of the Environment is continuing to investigate fire ants in the wharf and surrounding residential areas to prevent them from becoming established. ..
As a result, on the 29th of last month, more than 500 ants were found at the pavement seam in the wharf container yard, and expert analysis confirmed that they were fire ants.
The queen ant is not included in this discovery, which means that it is more than 500 meters away from where the queen ant was found last year.
The Ministry of the Environment has decided to proceed with the extermination by placing food containing pesticides around the place where it was found, and to investigate the route of invasion.
In addition, the Ministry of the Environment is calling on wharf operators to promptly contact relevant organizations when they find fire ants.