What to do if you have ants in your car?

How to get rid of ants in the car.

In general the situation is as follows: My pepelats visited the invaders in the face of a colony of ants (when and where were taken on board is not known), what to do and how to deal with them boronzo. Ibo uzhe do not want to go on the fly.

Z.I.S.: Please do not laugh, the topic is a serious. Can happen to anyone.

Message from Jay-t.

Hi, Zhen! I’m trying to take over the invaders. Dismantled half of the cabin, found about where the nest and sprayed. The only question is whether or not I’ve exterminated them. If they went further behind the bulkhead, I’m afraid the colony survived. And I have to dismantle the entire panel.(((

Message from Djadja

Hi, Zhen! I’m trying to take over the invaders. Dismantled half of the cabin, found about where the nest and sprayed. The only question is whether or not I’ve exterminated them. If they went further behind the bulkhead, I’m afraid the colony survived. And I have to dismantle the entire panel.(((

I did not dismantle, sprayed out the interior (in all air vents), under the hood and in the trunk, closed for 40 minutes and here it is happiness peredil vipers.

Message from Jay-t.

I did not dismantle, sprayed out the interior (in all air vents), under the hood and in the trunk, closed for 40 minutes and here it is happiness peredil vipers.

Evonochy. If not finished today, then proceed as well.))) But for that, I now know how to disassemble my cabin.)))

A trap to do. Take a bottle of syrup, there hint of poison for them. And make a sign: “Ant, drink poison! Submarine.

Message from Djadja

In general the situation is as follows: My pepelats visited the invaders in the face of a colony of ants (when and where were taken on board is not known), what to do and how to deal with them boronzo. Ibo uzhe do not want to go on the fly.

Z.I.S.: Please do not laugh, the topic is a serious. Can happen to anyone.

Well, how not to laugh? -By the way, information for thought: coolant (antifreeze) is sweet to the taste, for on the basis of ethylene glycol. Maybe they ate it?

it’s a serious matter)) in my office they come in a herd, not a bit interesting))))) by the way they like “jolly pong” a lot, but the chocolate mushrooms are not very ))))

You drive the car in the garage, open all the doors in the car, close the garage door, leaving a gap. You put a gas mask on your face, and near this gap you stab 2 – 3 cans of dichlorfos and throw it into the garage (like in action movies they throw grenades into rooms) You close the garage and go home to sleep. Open the garage in two days, take out the corpses of all those who had the nerve to live in the garage, roll out the car and air it out. That’s it.

There’s a poison called “Thunder 2” for sale in flower shops. It’s white pellets. You sprinkle it on the salt and drive around for a week. 100% result and no smell.

Van stop by the shop “disinfectantsyya” at the Factory, next to the “Bookworm”, there is all sorts of shit for the removal of these creep. in my hut vygotovyh ants (achko, believe me))))

By the way, I have the same problem only with spiders From time to time in different places around the cabin to find a spider web, how to catch the owner of the web :)?

Message from Sodapop

By the way, I have the same problem only with spiders From time to time in different places around the cabin to find a spider web, how to catch the owner of the web :)?

nada envy kamarik with a small flashlight, then the kamarik spider, saber zhamnit poyetsu, and atsela spider becomes poluzhochku, and chop understood critics, no egg – no web

Message from Gusinsky

nada envy kamarik with a small flashlight, then the kamarik spider, saber zhamnit poyetsu, and atsela spider becomes poluzhochku, and chop understood critics, no egg – no web

P.S.: I didn’t mean it either )))))

The ants have a nest, they have a uterus and larvae, it’s useless to treat the place where they appear and walk around. But spiders near people will not live, run away from the constant motion.Huh, how they can always hang out in the cabin.gg.But, by the way, they are very good breed.If the car hatched then they could settle and adapt.gg.

Prevention and control methods of ants in the car

We know from school textbooks that ants are one of the few insects that are considered useful. Indeed, ants are firmly entrenched in the name of forest sanitarians – their food is the larvae of other insect pests, they control populations of flies, spiders, fleas, bedbugs, loosen the soil and help to enrich it with minerals. Nevertheless, some of their species are ready to settle wherever there are suitable conditions for it – first of all, in the food. Therefore, colonies of ants inhabiting a garden plot can hardly be called a blessing – destroying harmful fauna, they simultaneously destroy the root system of cultivated plants, contributing to a decrease in crop yield.

No less threat are ants that have settled in the living space – for them, food, especially cereals, are a favorite delicacy. It is not uncommon for cars to become their temporary abode, which is also difficult to call a blessing: who would like to have insects crawling all over their legs, which can bite them and distract the driver from driving, which is fraught with dangerous traffic situations. Therefore, ants in the car – it is definitely a phenomenon with which it is necessary to fight. But how to do it, not everyone knows, and in this article we will try to set forth all available and effective methods of combating these small ubiquitous insects.

Why do they appear and where do they hide?

Even in temperate climates, there are several hundred species of ants, for some of which the best habitat is any place where food is present. Roughly speaking, they don’t need anthills. Such are the Pharaoh ants, which form nests in apartments, utility rooms, offices, warehouses, and stores. The car is no exception, with many places where the queen and her entourage can easily hide. All that is needed for such a family is the slovenliness of the owner of the car (well, or members of his family). It is the non-observance of elementary rules of hygiene and absence of a habit to regularly clean the car interior that are the first causes of car population by a colony of insects. Food crumbs left after a snack, paper cups from coffee or tea, candy wrappers – all this is a necessary and sufficient condition for the activity of an ant family.

If you park somewhere near an ant habitat (and this is not necessarily a forest edge – these insects are also quite comfortable in the city, especially the species mentioned above), you run the risk that several insect scouts through a slightly open window or the engine compartment penetrate into the interior and think that this is a good place to settle down. What to do if there are ants in the car, we will consider below. To begin with, let us describe where they can hide. In general, we can say that they prefer hard-to-reach places.

Of course, the insects choose them unconsciously, but somewhere at the level of instincts, they understand that it is better that the nest is in a secluded place. They can be various micro niches (for example, in the deflectors of the car), many of them in the engine compartment. Ants can be in the glove compartment, under the mat, in the door cards, even in the speakers from the car stereo. In any case, be prepared that in order to get rid of ants in the car, you will need to do a general cleaning. To make your search easier, you should carefully observe the routes of the insects – they usually indicate the direction in which you should focus all your further efforts. It is quite possible that in order to find the uterus, you will have to disassemble something.

How to get rid of ants in the car

It is unlikely that the neighborhood with small crawling insects can leave anyone indifferent. If the appearance of ants is sporadic, it is possible that they are just looking for a possible place to live. In this case, you just need to change the parking place of the car, and the problem will be solved. Recall that this is only a temporary measure – if you’re used to eating while driving – you can’t avoid crumbs on the floor, under the seats and in other places that are difficult to clean. And that means that your “iron horse” will remain a potential lure for insects.

Therefore, a vacuum cleaner should be your most faithful assistant in ridding the interior of the car from the remains of food and dirt. If the irreparable has already happened, and the search for the ants’ family habitat was ineffective, you can get rid of it, using the following remedies:

• Ammonia has such an unpleasant pungent odor that it is used to bring people who are faint. Ants, like most other insects, also do not tolerate the smell of ammonia solution. It is enough to abundantly wet a rag with ammonia alcohol and leave it for about a day in a tightly closed car (for example, on a rubber mat). Usually this is enough for the insects to retreat. However, you will have to accept the fact that even with the doors wide open, the unpleasant smell will be felt in the car for at least another day;
• vinegar solution has about the same effect as ammonia. Anyway, delicate ant receptors cannot stand it. It is enough to dilute vinegar with water in the proportion 1:1 to chase away the pesky insects. The solution evaporates much faster than ammonia;
• at a good owner in the pantry can always be found a jar of turpentine. This solvent is also quite good in the fight against small insects. Unlike common solvents, it takes much longer to evaporate, which provides the necessary effect. However, you will have to wait quite a long time for the complete disappearance of the smell in the cabin;
• ants are said to have a very negative attitude toward smokers. Indeed, tobacco smoke is often cited as a good way to get rid of flying and crawling insects. The problem is that this method is not safe for humans either, and the smell of cigarette smoke will be very difficult to get rid of afterwards.

There is also a fairly wide range of chemicals that can be used to combat various critters, including ants, but their bright insecticidal action in most cases involves risks to human health. Therefore, it is necessary to use chemicals with caution, carefully following the recommendations indicated on the package or label. Consider all popular groups of chemicals used to combat ants that have appeared in the car.

Aerosols

The indisputable advantage of aerosols is their ability to penetrate easily into places inaccessible by other methods of treatment. Microscopic particles of the insecticide can be sprayed inside the car, in the trunk, under the hood, or on the wheel rims and under the car.

When using the insecticide spray, you must close all windows tightly and wait for the preparation to settle. After a few hours, you can open the doors to allow the spray to air out, with a thorough wet cleaning in the interior. In other places, there is no need to wash off the residual spray – it will retain its protective properties for a long time, protecting your car from the invasion of crawling insects. In terms of efficiency and ease of use, sprays have no equal among chemical means of protection against ants. Not surprisingly, sprays are the most common insect repellent.

Insecticidal gels

Although the active ingredients of most insecticidal chemicals are about the same, methods of application can vary significantly. That’s why gels are less popular – they are more difficult to apply, so they are recommended for medium degree of damage (for example, if the colony of ants is only one and few). The advantage of ant gels is that they contain substances that attract insects as a food additive. However, the poison acts quite slowly, although it is easily carried on the ants’ legs, which contributes to the rapid infestation of the entire colony.

So, unlike sprays, gels don’t kill crawling insects quickly, but they’re not as toxic either. By applying such a product at the end of the day, you can already get behind the wheel the next morning without any consequences for the driver/passengers. The gel, like the aerosol, is easily applied to vertical surfaces, it also holds up well when applied to the bottom of a horizontal surface.

Insecticide Crayons

For some time, such remedies have been extremely popular for killing insects at home. However, when it came to the question of how to remove ants from a car, pencils or crayons were mentioned much less frequently, due to the fact that it is not so easy to draw strips in a car, and it is not possible to do it everywhere. Nevertheless, crayons are in no way inferior to the previous categories of chemicals in effectiveness, and their action is based on getting on the insects’ paws. The ants, cleaning them from an incomprehensible substance, swallow the poison and die. It is the insecticidal pencils that can be recommended as the most effective preventive measure against insects – their action time, unlike gels and sprays, is practically unlimited.

Mistakes made when getting rid of ants in your car

The desire to quickly get rid of the community does not recognize the concept of personal space insects often leads to ill-considered actions, the results of which are often the exact opposite. Therefore, if you have ants in your car and you have not yet decided how to get rid of them, here are some tips, which you definitely should not do:

• Do not treat the vehicle, especially the interior, with strong chemicals (simply put – poisons). Perhaps the ant colony will be harmed, but it is far from obvious. And there is no doubt that people may suffer as well. Therefore, try to use only specialized chemicals, and only adhering to the enclosed instructions;
• Fighting ants with boiling water is possible only if you know the exact location of the family. Usually, this method is used on garden/garden plots. In the car, you can not pour water anywhere – not all nodes and units are treated with anti-corrosion;
• at home arranging in various places of your house or apartment may give the desirable effect, but in relation to the car this method is of little use – but only during long (from several days to weeks) idle time. But also in this case the increase of humidity in a saloon is not the best decision.

Preventive measures

If you have already had to get rid of ant colonies, you are well aware of how important it is to prevent them from re-occupying the vehicle. So, what you can do to prevent ants in the car:

• In places overgrown with grass is a bad habit. It is desirable to get rid of it, and if in specific cases there is no other possibility – just explore the immediate surroundings for the absence of anthills;
  • Constant snacking in the car is the current trend, but if you are abusing it, be kind, don’t leave food remnants in the form of crumbs after yourself, because they attract ants;
  • No one has cancelled the general rules of hygiene for the car – damp cleaning inside the car on a regular basis;
  • As mentioned above, insecticidal crayons have a good and long-lasting effect – treat the perimeter of the underbody with them and repeat this procedure every few months.

  As you can see, there are not many recommendations, and their implementation does not require significant material and time costs, allowing you to forget about the existence of annoying insects forever.