ANTS EVERYWHERE

[brians09]

So I park my truck in a parking garage at BART in California, I come back to see small ants in a line from the bed, across the top of the passenger side doors, and down the hood/fender crack! Drove down the highway to see if they would just go away... this morning I wake up and they are still there and now INSIDE THE TRUCK! Time to torch the whole truck? I have never had this happen before in the 4 cars I've had.. i don't eat in my truck either and honestly nothing even in the truck. What do I do to get ride of them? I don't want to "smoke bomb" the interior since it is a brand new truck.

[Robert.jean1]

You must have pieces of food inside. Get rid of what ever it is and they will leave.

[iCryWheniGoPoop]

Take it to the park where all the pigeons hang out, roll down the windows and come back in a couple hours.

[galliher_nc]

http://www.orkin.com/ask-the-orkin-man/get-rid-ants-in-car/

[Silver ice 6.2]

Install one of these over night. And I can guarantee you will be ant free in less than 24 hrs

[The Zip]

galliher_nc link said vacuum, that's what I was going to suggest. After a good vacuum, frame the bottom to include the wheel wells with some bug spray. Framing the truck would eliminate a primary access route in the truck.

[sams819]

This will do it? lol

[Chris]

[Truckin 55]

Ants were all over and inside my truck, Pest control said a recent heavy rain forced them to higher ground. I sprayed Indoor Bug killer around doors , carpet edges and let windows down a little to vent. Neighbor had to use a fogger inside her car

[Silver ice 6.2]

All good Ideas but... I'm gonna challenge!!!!

[Silver ice 6.2]

If I had ants this would be the best way to kill them all.. attn don't try this at home. Nor do I encourage anyone to do this.. silver ice 6.2 is not responsible for anything done on your behalf...

[RyanbabZ71]

Install one of these over night. And I can guarantee you will be ant free in less than 24 hrs

Didn't know Alf was still around, thought he liked cats?

 

 

Ryan

[BRay'sGirl]

Most important - don't use baking powder! A lot of people believe it kills ants and that's not true.

 

First vacuum as good as possible and then put some ant traps up; in the truck as well as in the garage / shop. Should be fine within a (few) day(s), depending on how many of them are around.

 

Good luck!

 

@Ryan....Alf loves toasted cats - huge difference here Lol

[jkyle]

Some car washes have Ant packages...its more common than youd think, try your local car wash

[brawls]

A few years ago we had a similar problem with ants in the cab of my old 97 C1500. I killed them for a week and they kept appearing. Turns out that when sometime in the past when I had carried off the recycle material (plastic bottles) from our kitchen I had spilled something sweet like apple juice in the bed of the truck, and it was a like a magnet for these buggers. I did a thorough wash outside of the truck an din the bed, and a good vacuum inside the cab and they finally went away. The key was washing away the source of their food.