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Invasive species in Australia are a serious threat to the native biodiversity, and an ongoing cost to Australian agriculture. [1] Numerous species arrived with European maritime exploration and colonisation of Australia and steadily since then. [ 2 ]
Native to the Mediterranean regions, more than one species of white snail is now quite common in Kadina and elsewhere in South Australia. This image shows many Theba pisana, and a number of smaller and more pointed Cochlicella acuta aestivating on a fence post. Cernuella virgata (Common white snail) [53] Cochlicella acuta (Pointed snail) [54]
It includes the introduced invasive plant and animal species naturalized within the nations of Australia and New Zealand; the international island of New Guinea, within the nation of Papua New Guinea and in Western New Guinea province of Indonesia; and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The species has single-handedly caused the extinction of several native species on the mainland. [93] Australia is also vulnerable to invasive weeds. Controlling the invasion of prickly pears in Australia is one of the success stories of invasive species control.
The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is an invasive species in Australia originating from South America but imported to Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and several Asian and Caribbean countries. Fire ants are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as one of the world's most invasive ...
This invasive moth from Europe has a voracious appetite for the leaves of over 300 tree and shrub species. During outbreaks, gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate entire forests and plants that ...
Pages in category "Invasive animal species in Australia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A young cane toad. The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of an invasive species.Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the Industrial Revolution, both of which dramatically increased traffic and import of novel species, allowed development of a complex, interdepending system of ecology, but one which provided no natural predators for many of the ...