Alyssa Danigelis, Discovery News
Date: 31 May 2013 Time: 03:50 PM ET
An elderly woman 
in Germany who heard her doorbell rung repeatedly late at night naturally called the cops. Although it seemed like the work of a prankster, officers uncovered a much smaller culprit: ants.
in Germany who heard her doorbell rung repeatedly late at night naturally called the cops. Although it seemed like the work of a prankster, officers uncovered a much smaller culprit: ants.
Police in Offenburg responded when the 75-year-old woman made a desperate call at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the German news magazine Focus reported. But when they arrived, officers didn’t find anyone at the door. On closer inspection they found that ants had built such a large nest that it was pressing the doorbell components together to make it ring.
Although the brief news report didn’t identify the type of ant that caused the disturbance, the Guardian’s Patrick Barkham floated a couple of theories. Pharaoh ants or monomorium pharaonis in Northern Europe are attracted to electrical currents and have been known to swarm in Germany. Another suspect might be the Asian super ant lasius neglectus, which are fatally drawn to electrical currents and notably invaded a historic British manor several years ago.
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