hairy crazy ants invade southeast U.S.

[Large Sarge]

http://news.yahoo.com/hairy-crazy-ants-invade-texas-miss-150823360.html

[gunDriller]

http://news.yahoo.com/hairy-crazy-ants-invade-texas-miss-150823360.html

"The flea-sized critters are called crazy because each forager scrambles randomly at a speed that your average picnic ant, marching one by one, reaches only in video fast-forward. They're called hairy because of fuzz that, to the naked eye, makes their abdomens look less glossy than those of their slower, bigger cousins.

And they're on the move in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. In Texas, they've invaded homes and industrial complexes, urban areas and rural areas. They travel in cargo containers, hay bales, potted plants, motorcycles and moving vans. They overwhelm beehives — one Texas beekeeper was losing 100 a year in 2009. They short out industrial equipment.

If one gets electrocuted, its death releases a chemical cue to attack a threat to the colony, said Roger Gold, an entomology professor at Texas A&M.

"The other ants rush in. Before long, you have a ball of ants," he said."


isn't there anything that eats them ? i would think a baby lizard would find them to be palatable.

[Awoke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSwlfUXeEwU

[Awoke]

1:59 is crazy.

[Joe King]

1:59 is crazy.Hence the name. lol

Here's another video of 'em.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXoYbLfVwY



Should've called 'em NASCAR ants. lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlzoT0sLaM&feature=related

[k-os]

Of all the doomsday scenarios I have entertained over the years, not once did I consider the invasion of crazy hairy ants! Thanks a lot, Large Sarge. :)

[LuckyStrike]

Crazy greasy mexicans invade southeast US, is a title for a much bigger problem.