Horror ant crazy specialized in eating smartphones

A bizarre ant has just sprung up in the South of America with a taste like nobody else - just likes to attack and devour high-tech electronic devices like smartphones and tablets.

The equipment after being attacked and corroded by ants is mostly broken and unusable, according to local media reports. Currently many American states have discovered this crazy ant species - which are thought to belong to the crazy Raspberry ant family originating in South America. Somehow, they migrated to the United States and destroyed a wide range of electronic devices on a large scale.

In fact, this ant species was first discovered in Texas since 2002 and quickly spread to neighboring states. They have caused noises due to attacks on people's laptops, as well as RV electronic components. Thanks to their small size (less than 0.5mm), they easily slip into tight areas, even inside mobile phones, to clean up the microchip.

Now scientists still do not know exactly how this ant species named N.fulva science broke into the US, although the highest possibility is that someone accidentally transported them according to their luggage. , or they have entered a laptop / mobile phone into the United States. This is also the main way that crazy ants spread from state to state. The more dangerous thing is that N.fulva is immune to insecticides so it is difficult to destroy them.

"At least 21 counties in Texas and 20 counties in Florida were attacked by crazy ants. They not only target electronics and technology equipment but also aggressively attack hungry wildlife , " police said. said. Because of that, they knocked out a large number of ants from the fire. "Normally, fire ants are quite polite. They live peacefully in your yard, build nests and reside there. They only burn when unfortunately you step on them," said an entomologist. The loss of fire ant colonies and moving to the road will be a big risk, he warned.

In contrast to fire ants, crazy ants tend to migrate continuously. They will go anywhere they can reach - synonymous with everything. Devices containing circuit boards seem to be the place they love most and it is estimated that N.fulva has caused a loss of $ 146.5 million in electronics in Texas in 2012 alone.