ANT WARS!

[RAGAR Family]

Looking for ideas to deal with black ants that seem to enjoy being inside my camper, we put out the poison ant disks, but the ants seem to walk right them. We camped this last weekend and found about 25 dead ants floating in the water of the RV toilet. All weekend we seemed to be killing two or three every time we were inside the camper.

 

[Adirondack PUP]

I've heard Borax works.

 

[BikeNFish]

First thing you need to do is to find out where they are coming in. If they are coming in on your electrical cord, place some duct tape with the sticky side out around your cord.

 

[tzmartin]

I keep a gallon of Ortho insecticide to spray in and around the camper. It lasts several months. A place ants seemed to hide when i first got the camper was under the roof nooks and crannies. Just spray and they'll die eventually. Also, at really ant infested sites, I've sprayed all camper parts that touch the ground--hoses and cords too.

 

[MrsSquid]

I've heard mint is a deterrent.

 

[scubacamper]

Boy this is an never-ending problem for me also. I've tried salt, borax, and many, many other things. What seems to work best is I get my pest control guy to spray around it (it's parked in a wooded area of my driveway so lots of insects but especially ants). He sprays every time he comes out to the house and in between I use Black Flag Ant & Roach. I make sure i spray any part that touches the ground or can be reached by a low-hanging branch or bush. Best of luck

 

[PointyCamper]

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[karley020]

Borax with a little sugar mixed in it.

 

[lostboy]

I keep a gallon of Ortho insecticide to spray in and around the camper. It lasts several months. A place ants seemed to hide when i first got the camper was under the roof nooks and crannies. Just spray and they'll die eventually. Also, at really ant infested sites, I've sprayed all camper parts that touch the ground--hoses and cords too.

Same here, Ortho home defense, white jug with red label (pour it into a 1 gallon sprayer). Says it last 12 months, I reapply every 2 months. Just hit the bottom underneath as much as I can reach and then the sides up about 4 inches, around any openings.

When we first got it we had some ants move in while it was sitting (little ones). We haven't had one since I started spraying. We use this on our house too around the perimeter.

This won't get them out but should help them from getting in.

 

[roybraddy]

We used to go to LAKEWOOD RESORT in Myrtle Beach for mini family reunions... They have the very small ants there. They always get inside my truck and all inside my POPUP trailer etc...

When we leave we seem to always head for Gatlinburg and end up transferring probably hundreds of those small ants there haha...

When driving the truck it gets all heated up and then in alittle bit the small ants are coming our of every nook or cranny...

When we head back up I95 for Virginia from Myrtle Beach we usually stop at the SOUTH OF THE BORDER place and then open up everything we can think of there in the hugh parking lots under a shade tree and spray the crap out of the ants...

Seems like the real small bug and mosquitoes all live around the East Coast down that way... The small mosquitoes are so bad outside of Charleston SC my good friends down that way have to put on bee suits to pick tomatoes out of their garden...

geesch...

Roy Ken

 

[Wrenchgear]

Seems like the real small bug and mosquitoes all live around the East Coast down that way... The small mosquitoes are so bad outside of Charleston SC my good friends down that way have to put on bee suits to pick tomatoes out of their garden...

geesch...

Roy Ken

We grow our mosquitoes so big and plentiful up here, that at this time of the year, they pick you up, fly you back to the nest, and feed you to their young. Trying to plant the garden right now is impossible without a suit because of blackflies and mosquitoes.

As for the ants, I'd say the there really isn't too many places that they could hide in a Pup. Set it up at home and totally empty it out. Mattresses out, everything out from under dinette seats, clean out all the cupboards and storage areas, vent off from in front of furnace and off of back of fridge, and go hunting. The ceiling could be the one thing that could be tough. Spray, step on, squish, hammer, smack, blow out with compressed air, hire an anteater from the local zoo, you'll get them all.

 

[JimmyM]

Ortho Home defense here too. I spray nooks and crannies. I initially had a bunch of 1/4" black ants. So I sprayed. a day later, there were ant carcasses all over the place. Haven't had a problem since.

 

[kstephens]

Terro has been one of the only thing that works for us.

 

[tombiasi]

I hope there is not rotten wood somewhere that has carpenter ants.

 

[bob barnes]

First thing you need to do is to find out where they are coming in. If they are coming in on your electrical cord, place some duct tape with the sticky side out around your cord. View attachment 28831

theres that duck tape again!!

 

[BikeNFish]

theres that duck tape again!!

I keep a roll of duct tape in each of my vehicles, my boat and my PUP with rolls in my garage and house. I have gray, white, black, green and red! Woo hoo! A person just can't have enough duct tape.

 

[xxxapache]

I would spray the inside and outside of the trailer with Ortho Home Defense and use granules on the ground around the trailer.

 

[bob barnes]

we use terro in the house all the time it flat knocks all sorts of ants one day you have them next day they are gone!!

 

[cma7777]

I have been old instant grits works. They eat them and it expands in them killing them.

 

[Halford]

I would buy a large bulk of insecticide on spreader and spread it all over the whole yard around the camper then use your hand and throw the insecticide under the popup... It worked for me after I tried many things. the insecticide has slow release which would last a few months.