Super Firebreathing Asian Ants Invade Britain
THE super ants have taken over at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. What are their demands? Sky News has more:
The Asian super ant can form super-colonies with many queens and interconnected nests spreading over a hectare.
Super ants with super colonies and super queens that form super nests over a super hectare of super Great Britain! But Lasius neglectus can be stopped.
Super news:
Like American Fire Ants, they are also fatally drawn to electric currents, which make them produce a pheromone that attracts other ants.
Even superer news:
“The ants themselves pose little direct threat to us as they don’t bite people or pets,”
But this can’t be a media scare story unless there is some super scary news:
Swarms of ants around electric cables can cause blackouts and can even be a fire risk.
Although, if you like your ants flame grilled…
Posted: 1st, August 2009 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink