Their arrival in Asia from the Americas is a classic example of a foreign species taking advantage of openings made available by globalization and rampant smuggling to threaten indigenous species and even harm people.
紅火蟻從美洲流竄進入亞洲，正是貿易全球化、走私猖獗，外來物種隨不同管道入侵台灣，威脅本土物種，甚至傷及人身的典型例子。