keeping ants out while camping

Freeriver · 06-19-2016, 10:04 PM

What do you do to control ants or keep them out of the camper? We are in the South and it is bad during summer months.

Wampuscat · 06-19-2016, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Freeriver

What do you do to control ants or keep them out of the camper? We are in the South and it is bad during summer months.

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Happy camping.

pawpaw · 06-20-2016, 03:59 AM

I spray insecticide on everything that touches the ground from the trailer: stabilizer jacks, tongue jack, power cord, water hose, wheels, etc. We've never had a problem.

rkresge · 06-20-2016, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pawpaw

I spray insecticide on everything that touches the ground from the trailer: stabilizer jacks, tongue jack, power cord, water hose, wheels, etc. We've never had a problem.

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spoon059 · 06-20-2016, 06:42 AM

A couple of Grants Kills Ants packets by the tires, jacks and power cord should do the trick.

TWP723 · 06-20-2016, 07:50 AM

I use Ortho Home Defense Max and it works great. Spray all four stabilizers, tongue and tires. Never had a problem. Stinkbugs on the other hand, well..that's a different story.

JoeTampa · 06-23-2016, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TWP723

I use Ortho Home Defense Max and it works great. Spray all four stabilizers, tongue and tires. Never had a problem.

+1. Also the electric cord and sewer hose.

TWP723 · 06-24-2016, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeTampa

+1. Also the electric cord and sewer hose.

Roger that! They are also highways for the little buggers!

Good call Joe!

Loosenuts · 06-28-2016, 10:20 AM

Borax, it's effective and safe.
You can use it as a barrier and mix it with sugar water (if they are sugar ants) to attract them out and away from your RV and kill the whole colony to boot!
A side note: Use lots of Ziploc bags for your sweets and keep your counter tops clean and wiped down. I swear those ants can smell a granule of sugar from outside your RV!

Freeriver · 06-28-2016, 10:38 AM

Thanks. I have heard about Borax. I wonder what folks do long term. For instance if you own an RV lot and leave your camper on it, what can you do to keep them out or other pests for that matter?

Loosenuts · 06-28-2016, 12:00 PM

We keep our trailer in our driveway here just North of Atlanta. We battle ants all the time. They like to go inside and hide in the winter and come out to play in the summer. I keep a circle of Spectracide around the trailer (tires, jacks, cords) to keep them away and the baits inside to kill them if they get in.

I use one of the Boric acid products as bait. There is one we buy at Publix, comes in a blue and white bottle, it's a blue liquid (Can't recall the name) but I keep a couple of soda bottle caps filled with this stuff. It will actually attract any ants that are in your trailer and at first you will see a stampede of them heading to it. Then they go off and kill off the colony. No more ants.

Loosenuts · 06-29-2016, 08:06 AM

This is the stuff we use. It's a liquid with Boric Acid in it. It's like a drug to ants. They can't get enough and it will eventually kill them all (including the queen). We had the misfortune of an Ant Infestation in our trailer one year where they were in the walls and outlets and everywhere.

It took about 2 weeks but we got them all with this stuff placed in the soda bottle caps here and there inside the camper. It goes sort of fast at first with them drinking it up, then they start to slow down. Once we got them gone, I just put this stuff out whenever I see any ant activity around the trailer.

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