Raspberry Ants
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under News
Hi Oz!
I thought you’d be interested to know about the flea-sized ants that has invaded Texas.
Apparently, they feed on electronics. Computers, burglar alarm systems, gas and electricity meters, iPods, telephone exchanges – all are considered food.
Recently they ruined pumps at a sewage facility. Now they are making their way to Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre and William P. Hobby airport.
The ants – also known as paratrenicha species near pubens – have so far spread to five counties in the Houston area. Scientists are not sure from where they originate but they seem to be related to a type of ant from the Caribbean. “At this point it would be nearly impossible to eradicate the ants because they are so widely dispersed,” said Roger Gold, a Texas A&M University entomologist. He added that the only upside to the invasion was that the crazy rasberry ants ate fire ants, which sting humans during the long, hot Texas summers.
~Boz
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John and Barb have been having cultural exchanges over tea for nearly 10 years. Now they're going public. :)
