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Fire ants in Australia: a new medical and ecological hazard

Keith I McCubbin and John M Weiner

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 518-519.

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"of insects . . . only the ants were troublesome . . . one green as a leaf and living upon trees where he built his nest . . . by bending the leaves together and glueing them . . . their stings were by some esteemd not much less painfull than those of a bee . . ."

Joseph Banks, August 17701

Keith I McCubbin, Director1

John M Weiner, Visiting Allergist2

1 Fire Ant Control Centre, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, QLD.

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC.

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