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w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r Grand Master

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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.

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The ants - formally known as "paratrenicha species near pubens" _ have spread to five Houston-area counties since they were first spotted in Texas in 2002.

The newly recognized species is believed to have arrived in a cargo shipment through the port of Houston.

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The good news? They eat fire ants, the stinging red terrors of Texas summers.

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They also bite humans, though not with a stinger like fire ants.

Worse, they, like some other species of ants, are attracted to electrical equipment, for reasons that are not well understood by scientists.

They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner's gas meter, and caused fire alarms to malfunction. They have been spotted at NASA's Johnson Space Center and close to Hobby Airport, though they haven't caused any major problems there yet.

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When you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/a...c_n_101785.html

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ah a solution for fire ants.........

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No fire ants in New England.

yet

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No fire ants in New England.

yet

Don't just open your mouth and prove yourself a fool....put it in writing.

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When you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/a...c_n_101785.html

Yikes! Smart ants! Sound like they're smarter than some of our politicians!

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When you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/a...c_n_101785.html

Yikes! Smart ants! Sound like they're smarter than some of our politicians!

:lol:

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