In March, pest control professionals told Houston homeowners to check electronics for insects known as “tawny crazy ants.”
What’s happening?
A press release published in Michigan NewsNetMedia detailed the situation. ABC Home & Commercial Services, a Houston-based pest control company, told residents the ants can slip into electronics unnoticed until something suddenly stops working.
The species, which is formally known as Nylanderia fulva, is difficult to control with basic spot treatments. It can form dense supercolonies with multiple queens.
A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension study said tawny crazy ants were first documented in Harris County in 2002. They now live in more than 40 Texas counties…