Otherwise, fire ants may follow the lead of other non-native species that have established a firm foothold in Taiwan, like the apple snail, which has caused nearly NT $ 10 billion of damage to Taiwan's agricultural industry, and bittervine (Mikania micrantha) which has devastated large swathes of woodland.
否則就像造成農業損失近百億元台幣的福壽螺、肆虐森林使大量林木枯死的小花蔓澤蘭，一旦在台灣生根，就更難以拔除了！