| The cognition level of people for red imported fire ant at 132 villages/communities of Nansha District was
gotten by the questionnaire survey. The results revealed that 65.2% of the residents knew red imported fire ant. Among the
ways to know fired ant, firstly 57.78% of the residents knew it through seeing with their own eyes, secondly 14.43% of
them through watching TV. 86.84% of the residents found fire ant in their areas, and 90.93% of the other residents around
them knew fire ant. When they found fire ant, 52.35% of the residents would inform the adminstrative departments, and
38.01% of them would use tools to destroy the mounds. 68.78% of the residents heard of fire ants three years ago in their
areas. 48.08% of the residents thought that fire ants had some influence on the human health, and 59.97% of the residents
were stung by fire ants, and 86.32% of them had some symptoms of itch, pain, inflammation, and pustule. After stung,
69.50% of them knew the right ways to deal with, in which 53.88% would ointment, and 30.5% would seea doctor. 62.09%
of them cared about the information of Invasive Alien Species. 56.37% knew the management of fire ants and among them
89.95% were generally satisfied with the management of fire ants. In the suggestions for the management of fire ant,
37.47% thought the preventing and controlling efforts of fire ants should be strengthened, and 21.98% adviced to continue
to propagate. At last, we came up with some methods and suggestions for the management of fire ants and other alien
invasive species based on the problems found in the above investigation |
