Will Crazy Ants Eat You Next? Probably

“’Crazy’ ants on the march have a taste for everything from livestock to electrical equipment. They are so obnoxious that many residents yearn for the good old days when all they had to fight was red ants that are quickly being wiped out by the crazies. The tiny insect is called ‘crazy’ because the trail it leaves as it eats its way across the country is so erratic it appears the ants have tipped the bottle too many times. Scientists know it as Nylanderia fulva, but its commonly accepted name is ‘tawny crazy ant,’ formerly known as the raspberry crazy ant.”