Ants!!
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How deep are the candy wrappers, peanut hulls, broken potato chips, spilled beer and pop, and old, dead green sandwiches? Hit each observed ant with a blowtorch. Actually by letting the poor, little, undernourished ants live wild and free in your Rover you are having an outstanding GREEN moment you can be proud of.
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Seal up truck in big tent with windows down. Start engine. Get out. When engine stalls, you'll know there's no more oxygen in there. Ants should all perish shortly.
....oh wait, you wanted a REAL suggestion? Shit, I have no idea. Soap and water.
....oh wait, you wanted a REAL suggestion? Shit, I have no idea. Soap and water.
There are two very easy ways. First, park your vehicle in a place where it will not become hot, then drop in:
A: A blind snake. Great for ants, but I don't live in a good area for them.
B: A few small lizards. I always keep a few around, to keep an eye out for spiders. Lots of those nasty wolf spiders around here in eastern NC.
C: A preying mantis or two. Ants might not be their favorite, but anything is food if you are hungry enough.
D: ....ugh... A few spiders... Hunting spiders will tear those ants up, but you will need more than one... I hate spiders.
E: That anteater Jen mentioned.
More reasonably, simply lay some cardboard down and stretch out those cheap spiral fly traps that you pull out of those little tubes. Nothing gets away from those. Don't hang them or let them touch anything in the vehicle, though. You will never get that crap off. Any similar trap will suffice, even those improvised from various tapes or adhesives.
Poison isn't always effective with ants, and even if it is, you end up with dead ants everywhere, which attract things that eat dead ants. That's not cool at all. Land Rovers already seem to attract more spiders than other vehicles, and there is no reason to encourage more.
So, get something that eats them, or get something they will stick to. Don't muck about trying to poison the damned things.
Cheers,
Kennith
A: A blind snake. Great for ants, but I don't live in a good area for them.
B: A few small lizards. I always keep a few around, to keep an eye out for spiders. Lots of those nasty wolf spiders around here in eastern NC.
C: A preying mantis or two. Ants might not be their favorite, but anything is food if you are hungry enough.
D: ....ugh... A few spiders... Hunting spiders will tear those ants up, but you will need more than one... I hate spiders.
E: That anteater Jen mentioned.
More reasonably, simply lay some cardboard down and stretch out those cheap spiral fly traps that you pull out of those little tubes. Nothing gets away from those. Don't hang them or let them touch anything in the vehicle, though. You will never get that crap off. Any similar trap will suffice, even those improvised from various tapes or adhesives.
Poison isn't always effective with ants, and even if it is, you end up with dead ants everywhere, which attract things that eat dead ants. That's not cool at all. Land Rovers already seem to attract more spiders than other vehicles, and there is no reason to encourage more.
So, get something that eats them, or get something they will stick to. Don't muck about trying to poison the damned things.
Cheers,
Kennith
Uncooked white rice dribbled at various points throughout the interior.
I'm dead serious.
When you don't see any more ants vacuum up the rice. This worked for me a few years ago.
And clean your truck out every once in a while, for fuck sake.
I'm dead serious.
When you don't see any more ants vacuum up the rice. This worked for me a few years ago.
And clean your truck out every once in a while, for fuck sake.
take your truck through a stream, open all the doors, should wash them out (as well as your electronics).
Here me now believe me later. Dried lavender or liquid lavender is a great natural insect repellent. The leaves of the plant can be placed around the inside of your truck or if you want to create a spray, take one part lavender oil with 10 parts olive oil and spray on ant paths. I've done this in my deer blinds and house with success.
Kennith, x2 on the amount of spiders these vehicles attract. They are everywhere, doesn't help that I can't fit in a garage but still.
Thanks for all the advice. We have gotten record amounts of rain in June and so far in July and the little buggers have climbed into anything dry. Used some boric acid and did them in. I'm parking the rover in the sun for the next few days just to be sure; if any are left I'm thinking they will look for some place cool.