Ants Swarm Over Houston Area

[senob44]

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

By LINDA STEWART BALL, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 14, 3:16 PM ET

DALLAS - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.

The hairy, reddish-brown creatures are known as "crazy rasberry ants" — crazy, because they wander erratically instead of marching in regimented lines, and "rasberry" after Tom Rasberry, an exterminator who did battle against them early on.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants


Crazy Critters!!!:eek:

 

[meesterperfect]

Oh, that Houston.

 

[Facetious]

That's all we need, "raspberry ants" ! Hairy ones at that !


It's not so far fetched to suggest that foreign insects could be used as weapons if distributed accordingly . . is it ? :eek:

 

[YMIHERE]

Facetious you should worry about this. I hear they are Mexican ants coming here to take your guns and start a Communist coup d’état. :eek:

 

[Facetious]

Arrrrrrgh !

 

[senob44]

Oh, that Houston.

Meesterperfect!!! Did you really want to see ants crawling all over Houston's "area"? Like the new avy, you "Fruit Brute"!

That's from a cereal, is it not? I vaguely remember it from my youth....

 

[woy]

:eek: I live in Houston! I hope they don't visit me.

 

[D-rock]

I for one welcome our new ant overlords.

 

[senob44]

I for one welcome our new ant overlords.

:rofl: Great Brockman quote!!!

You know, I was just wondering whatever became of this exterminator Tom "Hold the P" Rasberry. They say he did battle with these ants early on. Did they eventually get the better of him?

 

[calpoon]

kinky.

 

[Facial_King]

This thread, at FreeOnes is where forNication meets forMication (look it up if necessary!)....

 

[member006]

Ewwwww just ewwwww. Texas needs to prosecute and execute them quickly. Just like they do all their other vermin.

LL

 

[slowhand]

Yeah I saw this yesterday at yahoo news.


Get the bug spray ready. :eek:

 

[Jagger69]

Hell I live in Houston and I haven't seen any of 'em.

Now.....fire ants are a whole different story. :eek:

 

[Facetious]

Yeah I saw this yesterday at yahoo news.


Get the bug spray ready. :eek:

Brake cleaner works nicely, particularly if there's pets around the household.

Kitty cats & dogs can return to area approx 12 hours later with no harmful residual toxins.

just a thought, FWIW :angels:

 

[Friday on my mind]

Too bad Charlton Heston, packing a rod I might add, isn't around to do battle again with the ants!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3G44P2Cb9o