Crazy Ants

The crazy ants are yellow ants about 1/10th of an inch in size that get their name from the frantic random movements they make as they move around in large numbers. The species, known technically as "analoplolepis gracilipes, originated in Africa, but have migrated to many continents via predominantly shipping. The ant is most famous for its colonies formed on Christmas Islands. In that tropical environment, the ant learned how to live in non-competitive multi-queened supercolonies that literally stretch for multi kilometers squared. Through shear numbers, the omnivorous ants are capable of killing large prey many times their size, including crabs and reptiles. While there are no known reports of man being killed by the crazed ants, there are videos on You Tube showing them niftily devouring a large armored crab, a favorite for these ants.
The crazy ant migrated to the United States via Houston. While the ants prefer living in a warm climate they have migrated as far north as the mid Atlantic states. However, in this environment they can't survive the winters unless living indoors.

Crazy ants are omnivorous, but they prefer decaying animal or protein matter. In the winter, when hunting is more difficult, they will tend to eat more sweet foods. They eat honeydew produced by other insects, fruits, and human waste. In the warmer weather they will forage for animal protein, and they are capable of killing a prey many times their own size. The versatile ant can even live off of agricultural products such as tobacco and lettuce. Or even fats found in grease.
They have slender long legs dark brown to black in color. Their throax is not evenly rounded, the front of their abdomen had one segment, (petiole), an important identifying point for ants, and their abdominal tip has a tuft of circular hair.
The crazy ants will live indoor or outdoor, in moist or dry habitat, in the ground or in the trunk of rotting trees. They are notable in their ability to travel long distances while foraging for food. They can cross shallow swamps by building bridges of dry leaves and themselves.
While listed as one of the 100 most invasive pests, the crazy ant is hard to eradicate because of its sheer numbers. One compensation for this is the fact that in the southern United States, crazy ants feed on fire ants, which helps to reduce their population.

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