Letter: Tell consumers which nurseries have fire ants

Nov. 8, 2023

CRAIG T. KOJIMA/ CRAIG T. KOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
A 2017 effort to detect little fire ants in Mililani Mauka involved placing about 1,000 vials containing peanut butter to lure the invasive pests.

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA/ CRAIG T. KOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

A 2017 effort to detect little fire ants in Mililani Mauka involved placing about 1,000 vials containing peanut butter to lure the invasive pests.

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Regarding the article, “Infestation spreading on Oahu,” Star-Advertiser, Nov. 6): Your reporter quotes Christy Martin at the University of Hawaii-Manoa’s Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species: “We know there are infested nurseries right now selling infested plants and materials.”

Where is the follow-up question: What are the names of the nurseries? Since the state Department of Agriculture is unprepared to act, informed consumers need to be empowered.

John Keiser

Makiki

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