Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
Should we be on the look out for 4 horsemen?
DALLAS - 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 boxes and messing up computers.The hairy, reddish-brown creatures are known as "crazy rasberry ants" — crazy, because they wander erratically instead of marching in regimented lines, and "rasberry" after Tom Rasberry, an exterminator who did battle against them early on.
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May 14, 2008 at 01:42 pm by mtippett, 4050 views, 69 comments
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at 14:58 on May 14th, 2008
... and there will be wars and rumors of wars
at 19:24 on May 14th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff. Maybe they came from a secret lab in Iran!
at 01:57 on May 15th, 2008
That little ant (less than 1 mm) seemed lost on this "Petit Lu", except this hole, where it came every 5 seconds !
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tclimaat 02:28 on May 15th, 2008
Weekend photo trip in Miranda do Douro (Portugal). Spring was the theme.
This ant was teasing me :)
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WorldWiseWisdomat 03:09 on May 15th, 2008
Calblanque, Murcia, Spain. 2008
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Andrew Robertsonat 04:14 on May 15th, 2008
I think this ant was following the rule of never eat more than you can carry!
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Miss-D80at 04:45 on May 15th, 2008
Ants cover a white peony flowering bush in North Carolina.
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nico50at 05:04 on May 15th, 2008
I came back from work one evening and having had a hard day at work, all I wanted to do was to hold a cold cup of tea in my hand and enjoy the quiteness of my back yard. I was almost in a state of relexation when I felt a stinging sensation on the back of my neck, my initial response was to reach and rid myself of whatever it was that was causing me pain. With the urgency to clear the ant away from me I didn't realized that I had in fact crushed it.
Further observation of the area revealed that there were lots more of these ants running along the fence as though someone or something had up-set them. I then thought to myself, it would be interesting to photograph these little creatures in action. I then got my camera and started to photograph them, I made many shots varing the exposure and that's how this photo came about.
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leorejoanneat 05:05 on May 15th, 2008
Some ant trouble in our shower, been going on for a couple of weeks now, a line of ants keeps marching from under one of the drawers to around the sink and nothing seems to deter them.
I actually like it and always try not to drown them by mistake.
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Goofy Girl Blog Picturesat 05:11 on May 15th, 2008
An ant building a home
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Minkahat 05:15 on May 15th, 2008
The narcissus was covered by ants, something there was in that particular flower that seemed interesting.
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shlurpee_memeat 05:18 on May 15th, 2008
this doesnt look like it has any ants..:D
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at 05:47 on May 15th, 2008
A small "Ant Den" left by children for the insects to enjoy in the UK.
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at 05:55 on May 15th, 2008
Ants are really everywhere...I was painting in Villa Borghese in Rome and...a couple of ants started to run in the middle of the colours...
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Eduardo Cespedesat 06:37 on May 15th, 2008
This happened just at the bathroom of my house. Some small black dots on a piece of tile were moving relatively fast. When I got closer I discovered lots of ants carrying a dead spider.
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at 08:52 on May 15th, 2008
This is a picture from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower
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Maggie Osterbergat 09:42 on May 15th, 2008
Sugar-seeking ants swarm around a TERRO Ant Killer bait trap in Lincoln, NE.
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Eemeezat 10:04 on May 15th, 2008
Ant demolishing a spider web
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Parenat 11:34 on May 15th, 2008
There was this winter morning and i was out to photograph flowers..and i was very nice activity from this ant..it was drinking water from dewdrops felt on the petals..it was wonderful site to capture :)
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ajc3at 11:40 on May 15th, 2008
i was walking down the sidewalk near my house in south minneapolis. found this discarded pizza crust near the pizza hut. ants everywhere.
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untetheredat 12:29 on May 15th, 2008
Don't wear sandals!
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valutreeat 12:30 on May 15th, 2008
These are some huge ants swarming over a chip in Ancient Corinth Greece. Probably close to half an inch long.
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Gipsenat 12:36 on May 15th, 2008
Photo: Jonas Martensson
http://www.acattledog.se
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Gipsenat 12:39 on May 15th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:49 on May 15th, 2008
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at 13:51 on May 15th, 2008
golden ants in northern new south wales, australia
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at 13:57 on May 15th, 2008
australian ants often invade the house, at present i have tiny ants using my bathroom sink as a water source.
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Ze_Armandoat 14:06 on May 15th, 2008
It was weird, as if the ants were taking a sun bath. Love the contrasts of the colors
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. Athalfred .at 14:20 on May 15th, 2008
images taken in Picos de Europa (Asturias, Spain)
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FooBarDudeat 14:36 on May 15th, 2008
This photo is from the Brooklyn Botanical gardens with a closeup filter. Check out more of my photos.
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