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big_whitey
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Sep 07, 2015

Mud daubers "Duh"

During our normal pre trip inspection we observed the following:

My wife says did you leave anything in the socket of the battery disconnect (which is located inside with all vents,doors and windows tightly shut.) I say no to which she responds well you better take a look cause there is definitly something completely blocking the key socket. You guessed it,somehow someway a mud dauber found his way inside and did what they do best, plugged a hole. Unbelievable.
  • We find the nests in just about any surface they can get miss to sick to. Under tarps,folded or not, trailer frames, inside buildings everywhere, under the eave's on house and buildings, metal cans, unused anything hanging. At least they're not notorious for stinging when disturbed. We smash the nests whenever we find them but they're a determined breed.
  • I've put screens over the various ports as well. What I didn't count on was finding them all over the generator. Now I spray that with a pesticide.
  • Let's not blame us guys.

    It is the FEMALE that makes these nasty nests. :D
  • We live with the little buggers too. They are busy bugs! There are small screens that come in a set of three sizes available at camping world and other hardware stores that are made for drains. I use the smallest in my sink but the largest one fits perfectly in the roof vents for sinks and potty. Just remove the cap, glue it in and replace the cap to prevent them and regular wasps from stopping up those vents as well because they will get in there. Had to clear our new/old camper of them when we bought it and it was being used. Drains work much better after that fix. Had some tiny kind of bug that plugged up our umbilical plug from truck in just two days in Michigan being left unplugged while on shore power. Taping ends only solution for that.
  • kerry4951 wrote:
    For a couple bucks you can solve the furnace vent problem. I picked these up off of Ebay. I also installed screening on the inside of the refrigerator access panel openings. Those I had to make myself.


    Got the outside furnace and water heater covered just never figured on the battery disconnect .
  • For a couple bucks you can solve the furnace vent problem. I picked these up off of Ebay. I also installed screening on the inside of the refrigerator access panel openings. Those I had to make myself.
  • They can find there way into a sealed glass jar. LOL Wish I could find a way to get rid of those suckers. My Chevy Kodiak sat for a week, it has dozens of mud tunnels all over it now.