Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical ...

[Elitist Pig]

These ants sound smarter than humans. Perhaps we should get a few to come up to Chicago and run the Mayor's office!

[KBrockman]

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

[old sarge]

Sounds like a commie Chavez plot from Venezuela.

Thank goodness Flawida has been spared this horror.(What? The boat took a wrong turn?)

[Priscilla]

Try Windex, if that fails, spray them with starch, keep collecting them in a coffee can, then set on fire.

[Rosanna Danna]

What's all this name-calling? Those voracious, hairy aunts in Houston are somebody's nieces and nephews, you know!

[Joey K]

ComEd is screwed

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

First cougars, coyotes, and now ants. Even bacteria are resisting our efforts to kill them.

Nature is in revolt. We have lost our spot on the top of the food chain.

[American First]

Sound like Republicans to me.

[Why Cry Now]

Somebody inform those ants that they
have to serve their newly adopted
country before they can enjoy it's
benefits. Gather them up and deploy
them to Irag to help in the war on
terrorism.

[Ignignokt]

I wonder how far these ants will extend their range compared to the imported fire ant ,Selenopsis invicta , which arrived in Mobile Alabama in ship's ballast .

[Chicago Thunder]

Will DDT kill them? If so use it and clean up the mess just don't leave the DDT out there.
Yes it will cost for the clean up. However it sounds like it will cost more for the damage they will cause in the long run.

If you don't like that call the US Army for input on the matter I'm sure they have a cure.
I'm not joking!

[Paul from Houston]

The ants aint that bad down here. They're good to eat, kinda like sesame seeds when fried and salted.

[Susan in Buffalo Grove]

Has anyone read the Book of Revelation lately?

[Miami]

Hey Sarge, clearly you haven't been to SOUTH Florida where these little buggers run rampant! There is no remedy. I have tried them all...finally I moved!

[Generic]

Jane wrote:

Crazy Ants may be the new politically correct euphemism, but here in Colorado, we still call em' Mexicans.

Why not as long as we can still call you Crazy Jane and view you in your bedsheet?

[WTF]

"Pubens"! EGADS!!!

[WTF]

American First wrote:

Sound like Republicans to me.

I keep trying to forget this is an election year.

It's tough being apolitical.

[Jane]

Generic wrote:

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Why not as long as we can still call you Crazy Jane and view you in your bedsheet?

Call me Betty and it's a deal.

[hammerdown]

Soak cotton ball with sugar water and boric acid. The ants will take it to their nest and never return.

[Yep]

Paul from Houston wrote:

The ants aint that bad down here. They're good to eat, kinda like sesame seeds when fried and salted.

You may also want to try Fried Honey Bees, They taste great too.