Human-assisted movement is one of the key ways fire ants can spread.
![Fire ants crawling in a hay bale with a tractor in the background.](https://www.fireants.org.au/__data/assets/image/0009/1694961/varieties/column.png)
Our Don’t spread fire ants campaign helps educate people about the importance of following their legal obligations when working with organic materials.
The campaign will be targeted at industry operators and businesses working within or in close proximity to the fire ant biosecurity zones.
Do you have a website, social media channel, newsletter or print publication, and want to share our Don't spread fire ant-related messaging?
You can download and use our promotional material freely. Use of our high-quality photos or videos requires the following credit.
Photo/video credit: National Fire Ant Eradication Program
The following resources are available on this page:
Videos
Moving soil? Fire ants have other plans—landscape video
Run time—00:15
Video format—MP4
Brochures
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Don’t spread fire ants for building and development industry – A5 brochure
PDF, 3.48MB
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Don’t spread fire ants for primary producers – A5 brochure
PDF, 3.65MB
Posters
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Moving soil? – A3 Poster
PDF, 1.81MB
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Moving hay? – A3 Poster
PDF, 1.74MB
Email signature
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Moving soil? Don’t spread fire ants – email signature
JPG, 2.84MB
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Moving hay? Don’t spread fire ants – email signature
JPG, 2.94MB
Newsletter article
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Draft Don’t spread fire ants article for newsletters
Download this document to easily add information on the importance of reducing the risk of spreading fire ants when working with organic materials to your next newsletter.
PDF, 115KB
Social media
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Don’t spread fire ants – social media posts and imagery
ZIP, 31.8MB