On Aug 6, 10:33*am, "Phyllis Stone" > wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>
> ...> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/strange...ry_crazy_ants_...
>
>
>
> >>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.

Do you not kill them? Just askin'....

N.