CRAZY rasberry ANTS wreaking HAVOC in TEXAS !

Hi red, we have similar little bliters here, so small fast and erratic. The first picture that came to mind was the old movie where the ants over-run a large tabaco farm and they build motes of fuel to try and stop the ants... "The Rains.. of something, I just can't remeber the full title of the movie! What's that saying..."The meek shall inherit the world!!" Have a good one red, catch you again Eagle.

This sounds like a hybrid that got loose from somebody's lab. If those ants are close to me I won't need anybody's permission to step on them! But from the sound of it I don't think stepping on them will do much good for an infestation of this type.

Oh this sounds indeed like a scene from a horror movie. It would stress me out completely if I had to deal with this. The problem is that stronger pesticides have to be used to exterminate them. This could have devastating effects on other creatures.

Wow, it seems a real invasion is on its way. seems like they arrived in around 2002 and took all these years to increase their tribe and now they are out to get the humans by hoardes. The worst part of such pests is that they are just so many that wiping them completely off is near impossible. And they are so eerie too, crawling up anywhere and everywhere at will. The USA will survive, something new will be thought up to combat them. After all they cant just evolve into something huge like in the animated horror films! And we humans are after all the toughest survivors in the animal kingdom

Oh this can't be good...... Reminds me of the dreaded "Watermelon Grasshoppers" of '76; and nothing good came out of that! lol Back in Australia there was mass panic concerning Fire ants and it seems that these ones kill Fire ants so that's a positive side of their arrival. Hopefully they will end up being the lesser of two evils in this sense. It's always amazing how something this small can command so much attention and cause so much distress. I find it interesting too that they appear to have no structure compared to normal ants; maybe they should have called them "Republican Ants" instead because of this?

rotflmao I know RYBDog, its a new type of bio-weapon, sent from the east in order to take out all mechanical and technical operations in the US. At least it eats the damn fire ants. Okay so it eats everything else that moves and it seems to be resistant to over the counter chemicals. Great strategy if you ask me!

As they are not a native species, they cannot be considered endangered. As far as stepping on them, it seems that you best have a really goop pair of stomping boots and a lot of time and energy, because it will take a while. How can you been fined for killing a public nuisance? The infestation will eventually be in every state that is environmentally compatible to these ants... which I assume would mean every state that already has ants. We will most likely survive this invasion, although we may have to take steps to protect our electrical systems and electronics from damage. Maybe someone should ring up Al Gore and give him a real issue to work on for once...