With the farmers 'work routine affected, the expertise of the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University was called upon. After examining specimens, it was determined that the ants were a variety of fire ants that have plagued the United States for more than 70 years and that had crossed the ocean to arrive in Taiwan.
農民不堪農事作息大受影響而求助台大昆蟲學系，經採樣鑑定後，確定為肆虐美國七十餘年的入侵紅火蟻跨海來台了。