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Swarming Ants Destroy Electronics in Texas

Posted by timothy on from the where's-tiny-ender-when-you-need-him dept.

AntOverlords writes "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. 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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  1. Re:Undocumented insects by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did anyone else read where these ants kill fire ants?

    Nevermind, this is /., no one RTFA.

    Having one invasive species killing off another invasive species.

    Sounds like the man who had a mouse problem, so he got a cat.
    Had a cat problem so he got a dog.
    Had a dog problem so he got a tiger.
    Had a tiger problem, so he got an elephant.

    Had an elephant problem, so he got a mouse.