General @ Thursday May 15, 2008 08:13 am by WunderKraut
Apparently Houston, TX is being overrun by an imported ant. As if fire ants were not bad enough, these jokers seem to be super ants.
The good news:
They eat fire ants, the stinging red terrors of Texas (and Georgia) summers.
Besides swarming over houses and electrical equipment, here is the bad news, they
…appear to be resistant to over-the-counter ant killers.
…
It’s not enough just to kill the queen. Experts say each colony has multiple queens that have to be taken out.
…
And when you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.
Holy Crap!
Well guys, it’s all over now.
I for one, welcome our new ant overlords.

One Response to “Game Over Man”

Hey, I saw that story too, and now the guy who discovered them says that some over the counter stuff works:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6146430
I hope so. (shudder)