It Looks Like a Tiny Insect and Harmless but in France They Are Desperate: the Electric Ant Is Already a Plague that Worries Experts

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The French Mediterranean coast has a new head crevice that fits at the tip of a pencil. The so-called “electric horn” (Wasmannia auropunctata), an invasive native of South America, adds a confirmed focus to Cavalaire-sur-Mer, near Saint-Tropez. It is not just an entomological anecdote. It stings strongly, displaces other species and can travel hidden in something as ordinary as a pot, so the Var has activated a specific control with authorised b…