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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/u...coming Known to Ever More &st=cse&oref=slogin
A Pest Without a Name, Becoming Known to Ever More
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
HOUSTON ? Look out, Texas Gulf Coast, here comes Paratrechina pubens, or something like that.
Scientists do not quite know what to call them, they are so new.....
Variants of the species found in Colombia have been known to asphyxiate chickens and even attack cattle by swarming over their eyes, nasal passages and hooves, according to the Center for Urban and Structural Entomology at Texas A&M, which is conducting much of the research on the ants. It lists some of the findings on its Web site: urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/exotic_tx.cfm.
A Pest Without a Name, Becoming Known to Ever More
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
HOUSTON ? Look out, Texas Gulf Coast, here comes Paratrechina pubens, or something like that.
Scientists do not quite know what to call them, they are so new.....
Variants of the species found in Colombia have been known to asphyxiate chickens and even attack cattle by swarming over their eyes, nasal passages and hooves, according to the Center for Urban and Structural Entomology at Texas A&M, which is conducting much of the research on the ants. It lists some of the findings on its Web site: urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/exotic_tx.cfm.