THE INVASION OF ANTS. We were sooooo spoiled in Alaska with few to no bugs. We have had a few encounters with ants, spiders, and tarantulas but the ants in San Diego have taxed all of our ECO solutions and we have had to resort to serious attacks.
First,we started with the amazing effective BORAX (or at least it was elsewhere) all around our RV and anything that touched rig, i.e., water hoses, electricity, cable, etc. Ants usually take the Borax back to their nest and everyone in the colony that eats it dies. That did not have the same successful results as before, so we moved to applying Vaseline to all surfaces that feed the rig, i.e., jacks and stabilizers. Vaseline is supposed to stop them from getting up the entry points. We then applied an ECO safe spray to all exterior storage areas, propane tanks, batteries, and other openings.
Still no relief and we can’t seem to figure out what they want. Since we once lived in the lower 48, we had already canned or plastic boxed all food stuffs. Ants are just running around the interior searching for who knows what. People here have suggested they seek water or something sweet. So, we keep looking at the sinks, toilets, shower, Pepsi re-cycle bag, etc., and find few ants there.
Sometimes we come back from outside activities and the ants have taken over the interior scrambling here and there to no discernable purpose or destination. The RV Park sprayed the campsite with a “safe” compound. But still ants are taking over our home and life. We stand at a wall or cabinet and kill, kill, kill ants – 50 in 10-15 minutes. Finally someone who has lived in the area forever, told us to get ant “stakes” and lay them around the rig. Off we went to the grocery stores in the area looking for “stakes.” They are really like ant hotels and can be stuck in the ground or laid flat on counters or in cubby holes. We have placed 10 “stakes” around the rig. Here’s hoping they work!!!!
