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Old May 15th, 2008   #1
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DailyTech - New Species of Ants in Houston Attack Computers, Electronics

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A new species of ant has arrived in Houston and is believed to have come to Texas via a cargo ship that arrived at the Port of Houston. The ants are called crazy rasberry ants. The ants get the odd name from the fact that they tend to move erratically around in search of food rather than moving in orderly lines like typical ants.
The rasberry portion of the name comes from the exterminator who first battled the new species in Houston. The ants appear to be immune to the common over the counter ant sprays that Texas residents rely on to keep ants at bay during the hot and humid summer months.
There is one upside to the new species of ant— they eat fire ants.
The crazy rasberry ant will also bite humans, but it doesn’t do so with a stinger. The new ants are about the size of fleas. So far reports have come in that the ants have invaded computers causing them to stop working and caused fire alarms to malfunction.







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Being that they eat fire ants is good , just if you could keep them out of buildings and electronics .



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They talked about these things last night on Coast2coastAM. These people are having a hell of a time with 'em. One guy saw a few ants in his car's vent, but didn't think much of it. He put some ant traps out, but they were moved the next day. So he fogged the car. In time, windows stopped rolling down, lights in the dash going out, and the guy thought he'd bought a flood car. Take it to the dealer, and it's obvious the ants went deeper. I'd be creeped out at the bug bait's being moved first...

This feels like the lady that swallowed a cat, to catch the mouse...I'd rather have the fireants in the yard.
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Ah just nuke em
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BAD LINK! RED WARNING ON McAFEE!
Not to bust ya but bad link....according to my stuff.
the original link is not good.


According to McAfee the site was VERY SPAMMY.Just thought you should know.
Just a wake up to what happened when I opened the link....red light from McAfee.



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False positive - DailyTech is both clean and one of the most popular tech sites on the web.
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Here is what I get when I click on the link in the article.
Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics :: WRAL.com
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There are 2 links, the main one to DailyTech and the other to WRAL, both should be fine. This is another reason why we discourage Mcafee







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