The Board Talk item in this issue on KIUC’s Habitat Conservation Plan contains a misstatement from David Henkin regarding little fire ants. Little fire ants (Wasmannia auropunctata) “have not been detected in any part of Limahuli Valley, or in the contractor’s fence construction materials. However, numerous biting ants were found in the material storage area and a NTBG staff inspecting the site was severely bitten while taking samples of the ants, which prompted the biosecurity concern,” according to Uma Nagendra, Conservation Operations Manager for Limahuli Garden and Preserve, National Tropical Botanical Garden.
