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Houston Fire Ants Driven Out By ‘Crazy’ Ant Species

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Rasberry Crazy Ants Driving Out Fire Ants In Houston

Most of us in Houston are very familiar with the wretched Red Imported Fire ants. They make huge mounds on our property, and one painful sting from this pesky ant will be a constant reminder to keep your distance.

Over the last few years, Houston residents have been noticing a different species of ant; a species that some are calling far worse than the fire ant. I’m talking about the Rasberry (not raspberry) Crazy ant, and it’s beginning to displace fire ants in many areas in Houston.

Areas in Houston infested with Crazy ants have very few fire ants present. The reason being is that the Rasberry Crazy ants are an extremely invasive species that out-compete all other species of ant found in Houston.

Ants on raspberriesCrazy Ants vs. Fire Ants: Why Are Crazy Ants So Bad?

Rasberry Crazy ants are so bad, and so destructive, many residents are clamoring to get the fire ants back!

Crazy ants quickly outnumber other ant species because they multiply in even larger numbers. They are also difficult to control since they don’t eat the same poison baits as fire ants do.

Fire ants are in many ways very polite compared to crazy ants. When fire ants move into in your yard, they’ll form mounds and stay there. The Fire ants will only interact with you if you bother them or step on their unmistakable mounds.

Rasberry Crazy ants, on the other hand, “go everywhere,” invading homes and nesting in walls and crawlspaces, even damaging electrical equipment by swarming inside appliances. These ants are attracted to electrical impulses, chewing through electric insulation; they cause stop lights, air conditions, and other electrical equipment to short circuit. After being drawn into electrical equipment, they can easily cause shortages. Such actions often result in expensive repairs that inflict Houston homeowners.

On a positive note, Crazy ants don’t inflict painful stings like the Red Imported Fire Ants do.

Learn more about pest control methods for Fire Ants

Rasberry Crazy Ants

Imported from Brazil and Argentina in the 1930’s, the Rasberry Crazy ant has been infesting the Southeastern United States ever since. They are named after Tom Rasberry, the exterminator in Houston who discovered them. They are sometimes referred to as Tawny ants, but most people prefer the moniker “Crazy” because the ant’s erratic and non-linear movements.

Rasberry Crazy ants range in size from 1/16-1/8 inches long. They have slender bodies with long legs, and long antenna. They are reddish-brown in color, and are covered with fuzz. This fuzz makes the ant appear less glossy then other species of ant; and lead many to define the ant as “hairy.”

Ant Control In Houston, TX

Whether you are dealing with the painful stinging Red Imported Fire ant, or the destructive Rasberry Crazy ant; professional Houston Ant Control can help you with all of your ant problems. Ant control professionals in Houston are up to date on of the latest and most effective ant control methods and techniques to help Houston residents live ant free. Call today!

Bulwark Exterminating
10900 Brittmoore Park Drive
Houston, TX 77041
(281) 668-4930
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AAAnimal Pro: Wildlife Control
8280 Golf Green Circle
Houston, TX 77036
(832) 248- 7804
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Terminix
16155 Park Row, Suite 190
Houston, TX 77084
(832) 460-3698
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Funny Crazy Ant Joke… Not so Funny Ant

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This just in from our Austin Pest control team…

“What ant would try to weather an Austin winter without a little food storage? You would have to be a crazy ant!”
Quoted from Austin we have an Ant Problem – Austin Pest Controller

Sure laugh it up over in Austin where you don’t have a rasberry crazy ant problem!

But I am sure you won’t be laughing for long.  The rasberry crazy ant is about 90 miles from San Antonio and heading your direction Austin, TX.  And I know it’s about that scary Halloween time right now, but this isn’t a Trick or Treatment. Like one wicked stage blogger wrote…. “A BAD HORROR FILM”

“It does almost sound like a bad horror film. …they came off a ship…wander randomly… shorting out electrical boxes and screwing up computers!!! …They’ve been doing their thing in that area (Houston) since 2002 and folks are working on finding a way to get rid of them, but it isn’t easy!”

Crazy ants require that homes and buildings keep up a constant barrier (i.e. Bulwark).  Crazy Rasberry Ants attack by the billions. If your neighbor has them then good luck trying to protect yourself with a do-it-yourself ant control bait.  This pest is giving many professional exterminators a run for their money.  In fact, the resident pest control experts on rasberry ants are picking up accounts left and right from companies that can’t get rid of rasberry ants.

So how do you get rid of rasberry ants?  How do you get rid of crazy ants?  How do you get rid of carpeter ants?  How do you get rid of any and all ants?

The one simple solution to get rid of all your ants… Ant Control.

Just pick up the phone can call…281-668-4930 … Its that simple.

And who better to fight an army of ants then a retired military exterminator? You want them… Bulwark has em.

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10900 Brittmoore Park Dr
Houston, TX 77041

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