A new invasion of circuitry-eating "crazy ants" is beginning to wreak havoc in the Southeastern US.
"These ants, commonly called Rasberry crazy ants, probably will be the worse insect that we've ever had to deal with in this part of the United States," pest control expert Tom Rasberry, who first saw the mystery invaders, told The Texas Country Reporter.
The ants are called crazy because of their random, nonlinear movements when looking for food, as opposed to the orderly formations of other ants who line up to transport food to the hive.
A new study, published in the April 2013 issue of the journal Biological Invasions, found that these crazy ants, which are formally known as tawny crazy ants and scientifically called Nylanderia fulva, are driving out the previous ant invaders, the fire ants, which sounds like a good thing, but really, these ants are much worse.
Source - http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Crazy-Ants-That-Eat-Electrical-Equipment-Are-4533102.php#ixzz2UafdY3lj
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