Swarms of ants are eating their way through electronics in America’s deep south. They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner’s gas meter, and caused fire alarms to malfunction in Houston, Texas and the surrounding area. They have been spotted at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre and close to Hobby Airport. The “Crazy Raspberry Ants” are believed to have arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship, and are causing widespread mayhem. They have been nicknamed crazy ants after they were found to randomly swarm across areas rather than move in regimental lines like other species of ant. They also appear to be resistant to over-the-counter ant killers and when killed the colony turns it to their advantage, piling up the dead and using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.
