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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Crazy ants overrun Houston.

The following news is from http://www.kauz.com/news/18989644.html
Now, I am scared of moving to Texas because of those crazy ants. Maybe there have more dangerous bugs.

Crazy ants overrun Houston.
Some crazy ants are making the trek to North Texas--they're tiny and are found in the Houston area.
Officials say the ants, called 'crazy rasberry ants' are invading homes. They arrived in Texas a few years ago aboard a cargo ship and have since spread across several counties. And it seems no matter what homeowners do, they can't get rid of the pesky insects.
Patsy Murphow can't get rid of the ants and says, "I went down and bought RAID and they'd figure out where the areas were I sprayed and they go around 'em."
Tom Rasberry of Budget Pest Control says, "You can kill them by the millions and even billions, but the problem is you can't kill all of them because their numbers are too high."
The ants are named after Tom Rasberry of Budget Pest Control because he first noticed the ants. The bugs are called 'crazy' because they don't travel in a single line, instead they move in irregular patterns. They don't sting, but they do bite.

More information about crazy ants http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-ants-teeth

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