Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics »
Posted By engineer 5 months ago in NewsIn 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.
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engineer5 months ago
The ants â;; formally known as "paratrenicha species near pubens" â;; have spread to five Houston-area counties since they were first spotted in Texas in 2002.
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texangelwings4 months, 4 weeks ago
Well, the Fire ants also get into the electrical systems and short them out! I have to sprinkle Fire ant powder around my A/C unit and aerobic system. They shorted out my A/C unit one time and it costs me $50 bucks to find that out.
Atleast the new ants eat the Fire ants.
Thanks engineer!
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