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Houston braces for invasion of 'Crazy Ants'
Fox News ^ | March 26, 2014 | Robert Gearty

Posted on 03/27/2014 6:43:30 AM PDT by listenhillary

This is one horror film plot that may be all too real: Billions of voracious ants are about to descend on the Houston area, destroying entire homes and anything else that gets in their way.

Rasberry Crazy Ants, even more destructive and mobile than their angry cousins, fire ants, are just weeks away from descending on the largest city in Texas. Since 2008, the ants, which entomologists believe came to Texas from South America aboard a cargo ship in the 1930s, have expanded their presence to 27 counties from just eight. Once in a home, they zero in on electrical systems, chewing through insulation and causing short circuits and general havoc.

“I’ve been in houses where every time you took a step you’d literally be stepping on thousands of ants with each step,” exterminator Tom Rasberry told FoxNews.com.

The hairy, reddish-brown ant is named after Rasberry because he was the first one to spot the insect in a Houston suburb in 2002. The ant, also known as the Tawny Crazy Ant, is even known to fight the fierce-stinging fire ant, another Texas scourge. Dormant until late April, Rasberry Crazy Ants thrive as temperatures heat up, prompting fears of a new advance in the coming weeks.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ants; crazyants; globalwarmingscare; houston; humidity; immigration; imports; itssohot; nylanderiafulva; theweather
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1 posted on 03/27/2014 6:43:30 AM PDT by listenhillary
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To: listenhillary

Usually happens to us at Thanksgiving. Ba dum bump!


2 posted on 03/27/2014 6:45:02 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: listenhillary

I, for one, welcome our new overlords...................


3 posted on 03/27/2014 6:45:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: areukiddingme1

I’m the ‘crazy uncle’ in my family..............everyone else is a liberal..................


4 posted on 03/27/2014 6:46:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: listenhillary; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
The quilt and flower expo must be in town again.


5 posted on 03/27/2014 6:46:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: listenhillary

open borders have consquences


6 posted on 03/27/2014 6:47:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: listenhillary

Are there any solutions to these effers?


7 posted on 03/27/2014 6:49:08 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: listenhillary

8 posted on 03/27/2014 6:49:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: a fool in paradise

Damn nice stogie.....................


9 posted on 03/27/2014 6:49:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Lazamataz

I have them. As long as they stay in the outside world, they aren’t any more of a nuisance than regular ants. Spray along foundations and entry ways seems to keep them out. AND they do drive out fire ants. Crazy ants bite but just like regular ants, not big pus bumps like fire ants................


10 posted on 03/27/2014 6:52:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: listenhillary
the ants, which entomologists believe came to Texas from South America aboard a cargo ship

Just destroying the homes that American ants won't.

11 posted on 03/27/2014 6:52:44 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Lazamataz

Burn your house down. Kidding.

I did have an ant infestation in a clock radio. They were just your normal ants. I just left it in the freezer for a few days.


12 posted on 03/27/2014 6:52:49 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: listenhillary
Straight out of fifties sci fi!


13 posted on 03/27/2014 6:53:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: listenhillary

I hate Michigan winters but I hate ants more........I think I’ll stay up here....


14 posted on 03/27/2014 6:54:15 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: listenhillary

Do they mean crazier than Sheila Jackson Lee? Man are we in trouble!!!


15 posted on 03/27/2014 6:54:35 AM PDT by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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To: Red Badger

Are they good eatin’? When you take the bones out, is there any good meat on ‘em?


16 posted on 03/27/2014 6:55:28 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: listenhillary

Hmmm...long nasty winter...plague of ants...is Someone is trying to send us a message?


17 posted on 03/27/2014 6:56:25 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Lazamataz

“Are they good eatin’?”

STOP now! You know we will end up with a FR recipe for the darn things!! :)


18 posted on 03/27/2014 7:01:09 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: listenhillary
Myrex would have taken care of them. Thank you, EPA.
19 posted on 03/27/2014 7:02:00 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Lazamataz
>> Are there any solutions to these effers?<<

One word. Amdro.

20 posted on 03/27/2014 7:02:52 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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