"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> Mark Thorson wrote:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/strange...blem_2 730329
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>> 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.



I live in Houston and we seem to have every kind of ant you can imagine.
Out on the sidewalks in front of our house long streams of ants are coming
and going in single files. Then there are the other ants who go helter
skelter in no apparent order. I think those may be the rasberry ants. The
fire ants build mounds in the yard and give you very hurtful stings when you
mow the lawn and get too close. Good times.