Got Ants in our Camper!! How We Got Rid of Em and Why They Showed Up

[@thevigarfeeling]

Hey, oh we feel for you with the ants. Was a great video to watch though. We have subscribed to see more. Chelsea and Mike from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@hitchingandfishing]

Hi Chelsea and Mike! Thanks for the sub!

[@9-1-1-OPERATOR]

I'm going through this now! Those sucker's are everywhere. I got coffee grounds , cinnamon diatomaceous earth Toro ant traps bug spray and I'm still not sure I got them all. I'm starting to think nesting in rotted or wet wood in your floorboard

[@KyleCortianaFishing]

Oh no! That sounds awful! We sure hope you get it figured out soon!

[@9-1-1-OPERATOR]

@KyleCortianaFishing will say making your own bait of 3 to 1 borax/white sugar. They will pick it up and take it to the colony and kill the rest I'm seriously trying EVERYTHING. And yes cutting tree limbs off your trailer is key !

[@hitchingandfishing]

I like that idea with the borax!

[@carlcortiana1332]

Once a colony gets started it’s unbelievable how fast it can grow. So many spaces in a camper they can set up shop undisturbed. Hopefully the bait got fed to the colony and ceased their existence completely 🏴‍☠️!!!

[@hitchingandfishing]

They seem to be completely gone! Thanks goodness

[@joeysowell116]

We are having the same issue now. We went to the beach two weeks ago and been killing ants in camper since then. Did the same you did but when we go back we bought a ant bomb and set it off on the inside of the camper. Not seeing anymore inside but see them from time to time on the outside. I opened the storage door today and there are two little holes in the trim of that door and the ants were swarming out of those two holes. I sprayed ortho home defense down in those two holes and they came out like crazy but died as soon as they came out. I saturated the insulation inside those two little hole of that door. Haven’t seen anymore ants since. Hopefully that will take care of the ants. May not park in shade next time we go to beach. Even though I spray the whole site when we get there. This time we couldn’t spray first because it started pouring down rain when we arrived. Couldn’t spray til the next day and by then they were already in and have a good time. I hate ants. I felt like I had PTAD instead of PTSD. Lol. Freaked me out. Hope this never happens again.

[@hitchingandfishing]

Haha ya we fell your pain!! Those little boogers are super annoying and you start to think everything you see is an ant! 🐜

[@joeysowell116]

Yeah sure have

[@hitchingandfishing]

😂

[@steveparker7240]

Them Alabama ants are the toughest in the world, but Texas ants are tougher. My daughter's camper barely survived an ant attack earlier this summer, they had to resort to firearms and bayonets. 😂

[@hitchingandfishing]

😂 Blasting ants with a shotgun!

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

I live in a camper (right now all I can afford) and I have an infestation of ants. I bought Terro (As a Latina, I say that was some great R rolling!) I just sat one bait station down where the ants were congregating, and that bait station was FULL of them! ¡Fiesta de hormiga! They were having a ball in that thing! So happy to hear Terro does work. Interesting about Fabuloso and lavender scented. I bought the Febreeze lavender scented for the purpose of initially repelling mice (didn't work) a snake that found his way into my camper made himself a good dinner of any remaining mouse I let him be. I imagine the lavender Febreeze is what attracted these things. They're all over the floor. Some I'm even killing in my bedroom. So frustrating. I do have Terro and I do have Spectracide. After these ants have their fiesta I'm spraying tf outta them with Spectracide! I learned that mint essential oil repels them but only for a day or two depending if the scent is still there. Thank you for the video! Sad fact to know lavender does not repel ants! It ATTRACTS them!

[@hitchingandfishing]

Thanks for the compliment on the rolling of my R’s! 😂 We sure hate to hear you got the ants bc they SUCK!!! Hoping you get them removed ASAP but fair warning, you’ll be seeing little black dots that you think you need to squash for months after they’re gone!! It becomes a psychological brain screw! 😂