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26 comments to "Crazy Raspberry Ants Eat Electronics"

  1. Pat Lathrop
    May 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    Windex kills all ants! I think I have these in NW Arkansas. They flocked to my power adapter.

  2. Idil
    May 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    I live in Houston! Oh no!

  3. Lore
    May 16th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Now there is no hope for humankind.

  4. Rich
    May 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    I hope they take their time getting to Dallas… in the meantime, maybe we could figure out how make ‘em into a food or fuel source.

  5. Keudy
    May 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    Mother nature fights back.

  6. karen
    May 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    the end of the modern world from ants!

  7. SenorMysterioso
    May 16th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Im guessing this is a crazy botched experiment to weaponize ants for cyber warfare

  8. unohav_1
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    When I moved from the Midwest to Houston 4 years ago, the apartment complex blamed an ongoing issue with the front security gate constantly quitting on these ants. Never hearing of such a thing before just made their excuse reek of bullturds and thought that they were too cheap to just fix the dern thing. So I guess there is actually validity to their claim, although they are still too cheap to fix other things that can’t be blamed on those crazy little critters.

  9. Arty
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Good god, what’s next? An invasion by the invisible, radioactive flies armed with stingers?

  10. Oomi
    May 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    i wonder why they attack electronics.

  11. Lasse
    May 17th, 2008 at 1:54 am

    Nature finally had enough.

  12. Chuckette
    May 17th, 2008 at 3:29 am

    Evolution.

  13. DCGaymer
    May 17th, 2008 at 6:10 am

    So they “eat” electronics?!? Maybe they’re actually building something down in the anthill.

  14. ChrisW
    May 17th, 2008 at 6:50 am

    Perhaps they are attracted to the electric/magnetic fields.I wonder if they are attracted to devices which are unplugged or without batteries.

  15. Le Sophiste
    May 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Anyone else think the guy in the picture looks like Jaime from Mythbusters?

  16. Jangaboo
    May 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    You know how dumping electronics is really hazardous why not just feed all the electronics into this giant pool of ants to help the environment?

  17. Julia
    May 17th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    I can see why this would potentially be bad, but has anyone thought about the potential good? Don’t we have landfills upon landfills of old electronics that we thought could never be broken down? Now maybe there is a way to close that loop.

  18. Thomas
    May 17th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Hey, at least they eat fire ants. Those things suck.

  19. tripleX
    May 17th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    Before I start worrying about the one ant that causes a nuclear war and ends civilization: What does it mean, ‘they eat electronics’? Do they eat computerchips? Or transistors? Or wire-insulation? Do they have acid-spit or something? Don’t the poor ants get constipated? What about getting electrocuted by small voltages? Questions, questions…

  20. Jeremy
    May 18th, 2008 at 12:25 am

    Oh sweet lord. Not mah comp!

  21. Thebes
    May 18th, 2008 at 1:25 am

    We had similar crazy ants when I lived in the Dominican Republic. Locals added about a teaspoon of kerosene to their mop water, mopped their all tile floors, and went out while airing their homes for a couple of hours. It stinks and I am not so sure about the safety or environmental consequences of this- but it worked pretty well at keeping the crazy ants out.

  22. Chris Johnston
    May 18th, 2008 at 6:55 am

    “Houston, you have a problem.”

    NASA should be worried about Johnson Space Center!

  23. Kid
    May 19th, 2008 at 12:51 am

    Now at least there is finally a way to destroy the Matrix.

  24. Man or Monster
    May 19th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Am I the only one that’s annoyed that they named them Rasberry Ants because of an exterminator whose last name is Rasberry? It makes it sound like they eat raspberries, not electronics. They should have named them silicon ants or something.

  25. Geraldo
    October 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I first saw these “loco nano maras” in Guatemala City during my 2007 Navidad-New Years visit. Here in the USA, they are no longer limited to the Houston region. We have an infestation here in Donna, Texas - Valley of the Rio Grande. My gut impression is that these creatures have nothing in common with other earth insects, that they actually are some sort of genetic DNA experiment gone wrong or indeed a creation of nano technology hence the electronics connection. Yes, I know that sounds as crazy as the crazy ants themselves but who really knows what sort of little monsters are being created in science labs? As far as eliminating them, I suggest that a counter-electronic solution may be the best bet. I called Riddex Plus to learn if their electromagnetic pest elimination system also causes the Rasberry Nano-Ants to vacate houses but of course, was unable to speak to a bona fide human being… merely female-voiced computers. Why don’t we use the computer-eating ants to permanently eliminate such annoying (lack of) communication systems?

  26. Jeremy
    October 13th, 2008 at 4:58 am

    Their reaction is an effect from electromagnetic fields from electronics?


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