The bugs in question are crazy raspberry ants, which are named not for their flavor, but for their inscrutable meanderings and for past efforts by exterminator Tom Raspberry to eliminate them.

Supposedly, crazy raspberry ants are fond of electronics.

According to Associated Press writer Linda Stewart Ball, the ants are "are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers."

"They have been known to short out many different types of electrical apparatuses," says a Texas A&M University Web page about the pests.

Exterminators in Houston are aware of problem but aren't all that alarmed.