Swarming Ants Destroy Electronics in Texas

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."

Comments

Treat that with penecillin

[Critical Facilities]

"paratrenicha species near pubens"

Is it just me, or does that sound like some type of STD?

Re:Invasive Species

[Anonymous Coward]

Yet another fine example of invasive species coming to the mainland on improperly inspected container cargo.

Fire ants, Killer bees, Chestnut blight, Dutch Elm Disease, Sudden Oak Death (all invasive and here because of lax monitoring). You forgot Europeans from that list.

Re:Everytime something like this happens...

[Malevolent Tester]

Small swarming animals are very much in advantage here Fortunately, there are a limited number of Welshmen in the world.

Re:First computer bug

[dotancohen]

You must be new here He's an ant.

Locusts

[drooling-dog]

I think that "acts of God" applies specifically to locusts...

Re:Happened to me

[AceJohnny]

I've now had to resort to drawing circles of protection around my electronics with insecticide chalk to keep the damn critters out... I draw pentagrams. Keeps ants and demons away!

Re:First computer bug

[IronMagnus]

Anyone find it interesting that one "Grace Hopper" reported that... dangerously similar to Grass Hopper... its an entire insect conspiracy!!!

Re:Serious Problem

[The_Unforgiven]

Uh, excuse me, I think you mean "anal". :)