For those of you traveling overseas to the US, watch out, a species of ants native to the US are destroying electronic devices such as smartphones because they like to eat their insides. These ants are called Rasberry crazy ants and apart from wiping out other ants they like to eat electrical components, especially those inside smartphones and tablets. Small enough to fit into most smartphones or tablets (either through the ports or the jacks), these ants make things worse by releasing pheromones that attract other Rasberry crazy ants when they die. So if they make it inside your smartphone, start nibbling and get electrocuted, they'll just attract more of their smartphone guts gobbling pals.
The ants have been seen across Texas and Florida. They are also immune to pesticides and travel well. Last year, they were held responsible for $146.5 million in damages to electronic devices in Texas alone. People have had smartphones die on them and upon taking them apart discovering clumps of dead Rasberry ants. We just hope that Malaysians travelling abroad don't bring any back with them, so do watch out if your smartphone or tablet gets covered in sugar or spills as even the highest dust and water proof rating may not save them from these ants.
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