Ghost Ants Swarm Acworth Businessman's Truck

Although an Acworth businessman made history with ants in his truck, Josh Wise got more than he bargained for when he bought a new Nissan truck and had it shipped from Florida.

The ghost ants that live in his $42,000 truck are the first officially documented case of their kind in Georgia, 11 Alive reports.

"As I opened up the door there was hundreds of them just coming outside this piece of plastic on the backside and literally on the seatbelt," Wise told the station.

The ghost ant—named for its opaque color—is well established in Florida and Hawaii, and its range is expanding in the United States, according to The University of Florida's Entomology Department.

Considered a major pest in Florida by 1995, the ghost ant was common in central and southern Florida, but infestations in more northern states are limited to structures that can sustain the tropical species.

Wise, the owner of Acworth's GrassRoots Tree and Turf Care, according to Tracey Viars, in six weeks has had problems with the truck's radio and navigation system and worries the ants will damage more than the truck—his three children, according to 11 Alive.

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