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Houston braces for invasion of 'Crazy Ants'
Fox News ^ | March 26, 2014 | Robert Gearty

Posted on 03/27/2014 6:43:30 AM PDT by listenhillary

This is one horror film plot that may be all too real: Billions of voracious ants are about to descend on the Houston area, destroying entire homes and anything else that gets in their way.

Rasberry Crazy Ants, even more destructive and mobile than their angry cousins, fire ants, are just weeks away from descending on the largest city in Texas. Since 2008, the ants, which entomologists believe came to Texas from South America aboard a cargo ship in the 1930s, have expanded their presence to 27 counties from just eight. Once in a home, they zero in on electrical systems, chewing through insulation and causing short circuits and general havoc.

“I’ve been in houses where every time you took a step you’d literally be stepping on thousands of ants with each step,” exterminator Tom Rasberry told FoxNews.com.

The hairy, reddish-brown ant is named after Rasberry because he was the first one to spot the insect in a Houston suburb in 2002. The ant, also known as the Tawny Crazy Ant, is even known to fight the fierce-stinging fire ant, another Texas scourge. Dormant until late April, Rasberry Crazy Ants thrive as temperatures heat up, prompting fears of a new advance in the coming weeks.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ants; crazyants; globalwarmingscare; houston; humidity; immigration; imports; itssohot; nylanderiafulva; theweather
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To: Patriot Babe

“I just lost my appetite for Breakfast”

But Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Have the ants for lunch!


81 posted on 03/27/2014 10:01:33 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SomeCallMeTim
for $159?? No thanks!

???? You have the right person? What's $159? The last Malathion I bought was $7.95 a pint for 50% concentrate

82 posted on 03/27/2014 10:08:25 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

The hi powered laser is $159.


83 posted on 03/27/2014 10:09:28 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: Rodd OB
They hate to get talcum powder on their feet. They will not cross the line.

I hate that too... but, I can jump!

84 posted on 03/27/2014 10:10:27 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: listenhillary

This is the version of the Boll Weevil song we learned in Texas, as school children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqi8mXXVeGE

This version of the Boll Weevil song was number 2 on the charts in 1962.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YffLGzIlHwY


85 posted on 03/27/2014 10:30:39 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: smokingfrog

You got those old-time clock radios that tick?


86 posted on 03/27/2014 10:56:59 AM PDT by Misterioso
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To: who knows what evil?
Hmmm...long nasty winter...plague of ants...is Someone is trying to send us a message?

From the musical "1776":
[John Adams complaining to God over a do-nothing Congress:]
A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair. But no, You sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?

87 posted on 03/27/2014 11:48:26 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: SZonian

grits works.


88 posted on 03/27/2014 11:54:13 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: momtothree

89 posted on 03/27/2014 12:08:55 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: listenhillary
Anthill Art

This is how to kill fire ants.

90 posted on 03/27/2014 12:21:38 PM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: listenhillary

I’d be willing to bet that DDT would wipe them out!!


91 posted on 03/27/2014 12:35:09 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all else)
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To: CynicalBear

Over n Out. Active ingredient is fipronil, which also kills termites. One good application on a yard will last for at least a year.

Pest control guy told me this a couple of years ago. I tried it, and it works.


92 posted on 03/27/2014 1:35:19 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Misterioso
You got those old-time clock radios that tick?

Whatever I can pick-up for cheap at the resale shop.

Remember those old clocks with the flipping numbers?

93 posted on 03/27/2014 1:39:00 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Jedidah
>>Active ingredient is fipronil, which also kills termites.<<

Thanks, I didn’t pay attention to what it was but it sure works. Like you said, one application and they are evidently all dead over night. I have never found anything that works like it. I didn’t know it also killed termites. That’s really good to know. Then my wife just told me that it’s what’s in the flea and tick stuff she puts on the dogs.

94 posted on 03/27/2014 2:29:12 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: smokingfrog

Remember those old clocks with the flipping numbers?
******

Yep...ala Groundhog Day! If you accidentally went too fast past the time, you had to flip through all the way around, again. I think this was the style of my first alarm clock ;)


95 posted on 03/27/2014 2:40:03 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: NFHale

Those giants Big Bug movie were awesome and still great to watch. There is not enough RAID to kill those buggers. lol


96 posted on 03/27/2014 2:50:20 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Patriot Babe

Not enough RAID... but I still have some old giant clown shoes laying around, and I’ve NEVER met the bug that could stand up to being slapped with a giant shoe....

Bring it.... :^)


97 posted on 03/27/2014 3:07:37 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: CynicalBear

I have heard that the EPA is taking fipronil off the market, so read the label. Newer production, as I understand it, is using a less effective chemical.


98 posted on 03/27/2014 3:27:23 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jane Long

Why you’re just a youngster, aren’t you?


99 posted on 03/27/2014 3:36:39 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: NFHale

I grew up on that stuff. Loved it, too.


100 posted on 03/27/2014 3:48:13 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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