ants

Papax3 · Post by **Papax3** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:06 pm

I think I've got ants.
Little tiny ants. My first time sailing the thing, I look forward to a "bugless" lunch on the water, and these things come out like lightening.

So... what's the low-down on the ants?
I want them gone. seemed to be located underneath the seating around the table. I had it parked for a year on dry land, no water collected in it at all: very well tarped. These are about as small as ants go, that I can tell. I saw them on the deck around my house too... there wasn't any food (or anything else) on board for nearly a year.

Please offer "step one"...

thanx!
Bill Williams

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:55 pm

Bill

For a start tarp it good once more and just before you close up the last bit toss in a couple of cans of bug boom fogger... you just may get the little devils.

Terrence

CaptainScott · Post by **CaptainScott** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:25 am

Rember after the bug fogger to wipe down all surfaces you might touch especially if you have little ones aboard!

Scott

tgentry · Post by **tgentry** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:01 am

I have had great success with ant traps. The little things where they take the poison back to their nest. Seems to work in just a day or two. No messy sprays to worry about.

I have thankfully never used them on the boat though.

We did have a big spider problem at the marina, but after being advised to spray the dock lines, no more problem!

Capt. Bondo · Post by **Capt. Bondo** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:36 am

This stuff has worked for me.
http://terro.com/
Don't need to bug bomb the boat

Banshi · Post by **Banshi** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:05 pm

I had ants once and found out they were climbing up the tarp tie downs that were touching the ground, after lifting them up the ants disappeared.