One of the world’s top 100 most invasive species, yellow crazy ants, have been found on the mainland near the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef.
The yellow crazy ants are known to cause devastation to native wildlife by creating super colonies and spraying formic acid that can blind and kill other animals.
Whitsunday Regional Council’s resource manager Scott Hardy said campgrounds and tourists boats are being monitored to prevent the ants from spreading to the islands.