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Re:Ants are as Effective as Pesticides by oh_sigh on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @11:55PM (#10157344)
They are native, because they existed in no other place than Hawaii. The species literally did not exist until Hawaii made it so. The first species to come to Hawaii were invasive.
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Re:Ants are as Effective as Pesticides by MichaelGG on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:43AM (#10157472)
So if I introduce some animal to Hawaii, then wait until they speciate, then they're native? I suppose that works.
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Re:Ants are as Effective as Pesticides by lutorm on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @03:47AM (#10157924)
Ok, that makes sense.
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