Just stayed at Lake Skinner near Temecula, CA. Woke up in the morning and the whole inside of the Mother Ship was crawling with ants.DW was totally freaked. She wants a professional exterminator to fumigate the RV. I'm worried about breathing the residual outgassing from the treatment.Any suggestions?Ranger tells me they are not allowed by the state to use any poisons as it is a protected wildlife habitat. Some of the ants are the Argentine variety which can have 4 queens.

Home Defense from Ortho, Home Depot sell it, no odor and lasts for about 3 months, next time spray this on all items that touch ground, tires, levelers, hoses any thing that touches ground!You can spray inside the RV, even on the food preparation areas, we had dogs and cats our vet approved it, been using it for years.navegator

Check your power cord and/or water hose. They like to get inside via those. Next, look around tires. There are several non-poison powders that you can use around tires and such to keep them out. Ant-Terror bait will get rid of the ones that have come inside. Find their path and stop that, the and baits will get the rest that are already inside. You learned something, its a common problem. It may take a few days to get rid of all of them. If they can't get back to their nest, they will die eventually.

White distilled vinegar confuses them... they can't find the scent laid down. Use it to wipe all the cabinets, countertops... and keep using it every so often until you have moved and they are gone.I leave ant bait and ant traps hear and there in the cabinets year round and replace every 6 months. Hate those buggers!!

Thanx, everyone. I use the Ortho Home Defense at our domicile and have had no problems. I have white vinegar in the garage already. I have plans to use my power washer on the undercarriage, then do the Ortho. I will be sure to address the power cord, coaxes, and the dump hoses.

We've used Terro for years. Little bait trays that you set out and the ants are gone in a day or two. We set them where we find the ants "running" as a column. They love the stuff, my wife says it looks like an old drive-in with them all around chowing down. After eating they take the bait back to the colony and more come to dine, eventually they disappear along with the colony. Works best with "sweet" ants. You can find it at Walmart, Target, Lowes, Home Depot and most hardware stores.

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louiskathy
Explorer
Aug 31, 2015
White distilled vinegar confuses them... they can't find the scent laid down. Use it to wipe all the cabinets, countertops... and keep using it every so often until you have moved and they are gone.

I leave ant bait and ant traps hear and there in the cabinets year round and replace every 6 months. Hate those buggers!!
Johno02
Explorer
Aug 31, 2015
Check your power cord and/or water hose. They like to get inside via those. Next, look around tires. There are several non-poison powders that you can use around tires and such to keep them out. Ant-Terror bait will get rid of the ones that have come inside. Find their path and stop that, the and baits will get the rest that are already inside. You learned something, its a common problem. It may take a few days to get rid of all of them. If they can't get back to their nest, they will die eventually.
navegator
Explorer
Aug 31, 2015
Home Defense from Ortho, Home Depot sell it, no odor and lasts for about 3 months, next time spray this on all items that touch ground, tires, levelers, hoses any thing that touches ground!

You can spray inside the RV, even on the food preparation areas, we had dogs and cats our vet approved it, been using it for years.

navegator

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