Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce | Non-profit organisation
Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce
Phone: +61 411 193 720
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24.01.2022 An end of season presentation for all of the Authority's field staff. Thank you and a job well done.
24.01.2022 In honour of #scienceweek2020, a breakfast about future-proofing and fire management in the #WetTropics is happening at Frogs Cafe Kuranda 10 September. Check out the details below to book a seat. The event is free and purchasing breakfast supports Frogs Cafe
23.01.2022 Field officers from Wet Tropics Management Authority - Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program and Biosecurity Queensland are searching for yellow crazy ants and electric ants this week (10/11/2020 20/11/2020) near known infestations at Green Forest Road, Kuranda. Field officers are using a cat food and jam mix lure for yellow crazy ants and sausage lure for electric ants. A small amount of lure is placed on the ground in a 5m x 5m transect. The lure is left for an hour and checked for invasive ants. No insecticides are being used. For more information, contact Ciara at [email protected].
23.01.2022 Collaboration with Traditional Owners is vital to ensure the eradication of yellow crazy ants in the Wet Tropics. The Authority has been working closely with G...imuy Walubara Yidinji Traditional Owners through its association with Abriculture. This week the Traditional Owners went with the Authority’s monitoring team on Country and shared learnings with each other. Traditional knowledge was conveyed to Authority staff and the Authority demonstrated some of the activities being carried out in the process of eradicating yellow crazy ants.
22.01.2022 Taskforce volunteers Daniel and Janice were happy receive their new t-shirts. I'll be at Kuranda Envirocare nursery tomorrow morning from 10:00am til 12:30pm for any past volunteers who would like to swing by and pick up a shirt.
21.01.2022 August 2020 Update - https://mailchi.mp/5d3e22d6be2a/august-2020-update
21.01.2022 Recognising country and the land we work on. The Taskforce is a proud partner of the Djabugay Aboriginal Corporations Bulmba Rangers. We work together to identify and survey for yellow crazy ants.
20.01.2022 Warning: The video contains footage of yellow crazy ants eating insects, frogs and lizards. Did you know that yellow crazy ants are omnivores? Eating both pl...ants and animals, their diet includes things like seeds, fruits, insects, frogs and lizards. When yellow crazy ants swarm and attack in large numbers, they are capable of killing and eating small mammals. See more
19.01.2022 Attention all Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce volunteers: We are calling for volunteers to door-knock residents on Green Forest Road, Kuranda on 21 Novembera great opportunity to engage with the local community! Your job will be to chat with residents about yellow crazy ants and seek permission for Wet Tropics Management Authority staff to enter and survey properties at a future date. If you’d like to take part, please contact Ciara on 0411 193 720 or [email protected].
18.01.2022 The Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program has just released its August e-newsletter. Articles in this issue include a new infe...station site at Blackwell Creek, meeting operations supervisor LJ Stockdale and an interview with Russett Park resident Rob Richardson. https://www.wettropics.gov.au//user-as/EnewsSeptember6.pdf
18.01.2022 4pm today on zoom
18.01.2022 Interesting yellow crazy ant facts!! Did you know that yellow crazy ants farm other insects? Yellow crazy ants farm sap-sucking insects such as whitefly, scal...e insects, mealybugs and aphids. Yellow crazy ants harvest the honeydew (a sugary liquid) these insects secrete - in return, the ants provide them with protection from predators. The video show images of yellow crazy ants harvesting and tending to these sap-sucking insects.
18.01.2022 Lets get our survey on for yellow crazy ants!
17.01.2022 A bold new vision to make the Far North Australia's eco capital is gaining traction. "The Green and Blue" plan aims to create jobs and save the environment, a...nd it's already got the backing of influential MPs. www.7NEWS.com.au #qldpol #7NEWS
17.01.2022 A total of 140 sticky ant traps were set at the Russett Park site near #Kuranda last weekend and we are looking for more volunteers to hunt for yellow crazy ants this coming Saturday. A community taskforce of fourteen volunteers led by Jeff from the Wet Tropics Management Authority came together and baited the sticky ant traps at Kuranda EnviroCare nursery and set them inside the Russett Park infestation boundary next to the Barron river accessed from Oak Forest Road. It was ...a great day and a good turnout of volunteers and weather. Volunteers went off the beaten path where there were no tracks. The #rainforest scenery was spectacular with mature fig trees and a diversity of vegetation types. Volunteers will return to the survey site this Saturday 26 September to pick up the traps. Comment below if you would like to join us. #wettropics #yellowcrazyants #volunteer #citizenscience #rainforest
17.01.2022 The search for electric ants is on.. book a free backyard check if you haven’t already. These little buggers love to get around in potted plants
13.01.2022 A good news story for #NationalFrogWeek . The Kuranda treefrog (Litoria myola), a Wet Tropics endemic, is critically endangered and was once directly threatened by yellow crazy ants at Russett Park, Kuranda. Yellow crazy ants invaded the frog’s habitat as early as 2013, when the ants were reported by a local resident. The Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program along with the support of the Kuranda community, has successfully reduced yellow... crazy ants at Russett Park to undetectable levels. Further surveys at Russett Park must continue to demonstrate the area is free of yellow crazy ants. Had the yellow crazy ants remained, the Kuranda treefrog's protect of survival would have been grim. http:www.frogid.net.au/ #frogID #wettropics #frogs #yellowcrazyants #frogIDweek #biodiversity
12.01.2022 T-shirts for taskforce volunteers will be available at Kuranda Envirocare nursery tomorrow morning 10am -12:30pm
10.01.2022 Check out these Taskforce beauties @Bernd Seidl, @Timothy Brown, @Sylvia Conway, @Margaret Zehnter! Proud owners promoting the force. I'm calling on volunteers who want to join the invasive resist-ants. Get in touch to get your shirt.
07.01.2022 Did you know the scientific name of the yellow crazy ant is ? Gracilipes is derived from the Latin word, gracilis, meaning "slender" In te...chnical literature, an organism is generally referred to by its scientific name. Unlike common names, a scientific name is the same in any language - it provides a unique name for an organism such that two people can be sure that they are referring to the same organism. See more
06.01.2022 October 2020 Taskforce update - https://mailchi.mp/d4ab67f302/october-2020-taskforce-update now available!
06.01.2022 Volunteers attending tomorrows Workshop. The start time has changed to 9:30am instead of 8:00am due to Kuranda Range being closed between 6:00am-8:45am. Everything remains the same just running 1.5hr later in time.
06.01.2022 Lucky we don't have fire ants in Cairns
05.01.2022 He keeps yellow crazy ants in his shop.
03.01.2022 Four spots left to survey for yellow crazy ants in Kuranda this Saturday! We will survey the area marked in white on the map below. Food, GPS and field survey training is provided.
