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Houston being taken over by electronics-killing ants

May 16, 2008

Ants

This certainly qualifies as one of the most bizarre (and creepy) stories I’ve seen in a long time. Houston, Texas, is being attacked by millions of tiny ants known as “crazy raspberry ants” that are attracted to electronics. They were accidentally brought over on a cargo ship, and have since gone forth and multiplied, screwing up sewage pumps, computers, gas meters, fire alarms, and other electronic equipment in the process. Worse, since they’re resistant to most ant killers and each colony has several queens, they’re practically impossible to kill. They even use the bodies of those that do die to build bridges over pesticide-treated areas. Yeah — like I said, creepy.

Full story on WRAL news

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