Chris Cantell Discusses US News: Pesky little ants Claudia Sonea

The horror…ants attacking! Don’t switch to another article; this is not a commercial to a horror film. In fact people from Texas are experiencing an ants’ infestation creepier than anything you have seen before. Somehow it does seem awfully familiar, but I guess is just the scenes from movies. If Texas was famous for the fire ants that stinted really bad during the summer, now it will sadly have to give up that reputation and get a new one due to the "crazy rasberry ants" that are eating the fire ones. For the Texans things did not improve, but got worse as the crazy ants (they move erratically) bite too, they multiply very fast and are somewhat immune to ant killers, not to mention that they spread like the air and already have been spotted in five counties from the Houston-area. Scientists are underlining that this new specie that got in Houston through a cargo shipment are harming the crops and poses risks to an endangered type of grouse called the Attwater prairie chicken. They added that for undiscovered reason the attraction for electrical equipments that is characteristic to other species of ants too, has persisted, ruining gas meters, pumps and others. Hopefully NASA's Johnson Space Center and Hobby Airport where the ants were spotted won’t be affected. Moreover, these ants have developed certain immunity, have multiple queens and aren’t biting the traps. In spite of experts’ requests, the Environmental Protection Agency has not approved more powerful pesticides. It does stir panic inside me just thinking of them, of their annoying speed and disgusting body. Don’t know what you would do, but I would go bunkers seeing them. Good luck in the search for a solution.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants;_ylt=AuTKgt_JL2eYTlnd9mtN9EGs0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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