Crazy Raspberry ants are causing a havoc all through Houston, Texas. They where found in a cargo box at the Houston port. No one knows where they came from except they are closely related to ants in the Caribbean. What is good about these ants is that they seem to eat fire ants, those nasty bugs that sting humans. Unfortunately these Raspberry ants do bite humans and are everywhere. "They're itty-bitty things about the size of fleas, and they're just running everywhere. There's just thousands and thousands of them. If you've seen a car racing, that's how they are; they're going fast, fast, fast. They're crazy." says the human Patsy Morphew. These ants have also ruined computers, ruined sewage pumps and have had many fire alarms malfunction. Not only do these ants dig electronics but also eat hatchlings of an endangered species, the Attwater Prairie chicken.
Well why do the people of Houston just not kill these insects? Local exterminators have come to realize that these ants are resistant to all ant killers. So now the exterminators are trying to push for more lethal products. I have heard that these ants are also pretty smart. If you put poison around the room the ants that are still alive will make a bridge of the dead ants to get across to the other side.
This is the perfect example of invasive species. Many species who are not native to any habitat can cause great damage. The invasive species sometimes destroy whole habitats.
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