see also:

• feral cats in Australia
• wild dogs and dingoes in Australia
• cane toads
• March flies
• Mosquitoes in Australia
• "sand flies" / biting midges
• ticks in Australia
• European wasps
  • these imported, aggressive pests tend to be mainly a problem in relatively dry inland areas
  • in some regional towns they can be a real problem as they feed off dead insects on car grills when they park at shopping centres - example towns include Yea, Yackandandah, Tumbarumba
• mice
  • mice plagues often occur in inland Australia in particular after flood events along the Murray River
  • mice, when in large numbers can cause havoc with campers - mouse urine on canvas, holes eaten in canvas, etc
  • keep all food enclosed and try green camphor moth balls as deterrents
  • exposure to rodent urine does run the risk of catching the serious infection leptospirosis