What is the species of ant beginning to appear in Texas that is potentially far worse than the dreaded fire ant?

BRY2K

Swarms of foreign "crazy ants" are spreading through Texas and Florida, raising alarms that the tiny, frenetic bugs will rival the fire ants that have ravaged the South, costing billions of dollars in damages each year. Called crazy ants because they scramble in all directions rather than trudging along a straight track, the ants carpet the ground and swarm over anything in their way -- plants, animals or humans. Scientists think the ants originated in the Caribbean. The bugs, technically known as paratrechina species near pubens, form multiqueen supercolonies and breed by the millions, especially during the summer. They have now spread to 14 Texas counties, mostly around Houston, but have been found in three new spots this summer, including San Antonio 200 miles to the west. Hmmm...THIS is interesting: Eradicating the bugs is difficult, experts say, partly because they move their nests the minute anyone disturbs them. No baits -- poisons that insects carry into their colonies -- have yet been formulated specifically for these ants, which eat everything from hotdogs to honey, but don't like fire-ant bait. They do, however, eat fire ants. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125208889680087103.html Oct 04 09, 2:59 PM

unclerick

You got it. Check out the uTube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyLfSemVM3Y Oct 04 09, 3:41 PM