A solution to defeating ants?
I may have discovered something here so I wanted to share. If it is already common knowledge, I apologize. I noticed ants crawling around and discovered they were walking up the water hose and makin...
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Thanks for the tip. I like it a lot.
Here's another for you: My rig acquired an infestation of Argentine ants, those really tiny black ones, a couple years ago when I was out west. Those little monsters will set up a colony anywhere, and evidently they found a good spot somewhere inside my rig, so they followed me home.
I put out ant baits everywhere. Used ant spray too. No effect. Those buggers are tough.
When I got home, I sprinkled food-grade diatomaceous earth in the basement, the pass-through, removed the cover over the water heater bypass and sprinkled it all over there, too. Threw a handful in through the access hatch to the shower drain. Ants are now gone.
Diatomaceous earth is completely non-toxic and harmless for humans, kids, dogs, cats, birds, but kills ants and other insects. It is also pretty cheap. It did render my pass-through kind of dusty, but I'd prefer dust to ants, so I just left it there.
It lasts forever provided it does not get wet, when it just turns to mud, and ants are then safe. I've seen people sprinkle Comet/Ajax and other scouring powders around their tires and jacks to keep bugs out of the camper, which I would not do because that stuff is toxic and not environmentally friendly. I keep a quart jar of the diatomaceous earth on the camper for that purpose, and it is much safer.
Here's another for you: My rig acquired an infestation of Argentine ants, those really tiny black ones, a couple years ago when I was out west. Those little monsters will set up a colony anywhere, and evidently they found a good spot somewhere inside my rig, so they followed me home.
I put out ant baits everywhere. Used ant spray too. No effect. Those buggers are tough.
When I got home, I sprinkled food-grade diatomaceous earth in the basement, the pass-through, removed the cover over the water heater bypass and sprinkled it all over there, too. Threw a handful in through the access hatch to the shower drain. Ants are now gone.
Diatomaceous earth is completely non-toxic and harmless for humans, kids, dogs, cats, birds, but kills ants and other insects. It is also pretty cheap. It did render my pass-through kind of dusty, but I'd prefer dust to ants, so I just left it there.
It lasts forever provided it does not get wet, when it just turns to mud, and ants are then safe. I've seen people sprinkle Comet/Ajax and other scouring powders around their tires and jacks to keep bugs out of the camper, which I would not do because that stuff is toxic and not environmentally friendly. I keep a quart jar of the diatomaceous earth on the camper for that purpose, and it is much safer.
