George Shirley wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> If colony collapse disorder weren't enough,
>> now we are facing an invasion of the deadly
>> RASBERRY CRAZY ANTS!
>>
>> http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/strange...blem_2 730329
>>
>>
>> http://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/exotic_tx.cfm
>>
>> They attack and destroy beehives. So far,
>> only in Texas, but as their range expands they
>> may invade places where nice people live. :-)
> It figures they would show up in Houston area first, one of the biggest
> ports in the country.
>
> Saw a special on fire ants the other day and TAMU is experimenting with
> a fly that attacks the ants and kills them. Shows promise for
> eradicating a least one imported pest.
>
> Now, about them Formosan termites that ate two of my oak trees and are
> working on the last one we have.

But then the flies will probably turn out the be an issue. That
seems to be how things work.

--
Jean B.