fire ants: you'd THINK that a ginormous governmental project would have considered indigenous species BEFORE designating an area for a SUPER-expensive scientific project. . . you'd be wrong!!
One has only to drive on a highway from Dallas past Waxahachie TX, and see the several-football-stadium-size hole (intended for the superconductor). Plans were drawn up for this several mile long buried atom smasher, developers hastily constructed housing units for all the workers; a snag was hit before the collider was even half completed. Fire ants were destroying the delicate crucial wiring for all the instrumentation!! At first, the contractors just repaired the breaks and damage; also, several efforts were made to control and/or eradicate the destructive insects. (As most Texans are very familiar with, this is like playing Whack-a-Mole!!) Finally, they gave up.
The good news? Housing is cheap and plentiful, especially multi-family complexes!
