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If you live in Texas, watch out.

'Crazy' Ant Invasion Frying Computer Equipment

There's a new bug crawling around that can wreak real havoc on computer equipment. And this bug isn't the kind you get through an email or an infected instant message, but an actual, physical insect. To battle this bug, it's more likely that the Orkin man is the one you'll call instead of McAfee,Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC) or some other computer security specialist.

Dubbed the 'crazy rasberry ant,' the flea-sized pests have been causing power surges and frying computers and other electronics around Houston for days. By some estimates billions of ants have swarmed the area.

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Along with their craziness, the hairy, reddish-brown creepy crawlies also have a bizarre love for electronics, invading them in droves and in some cases causing power surges that can render a computer useless. They've been found inside hard drives and caught burrowing into laptops, in some cases making them not work at all.