# Ants in my car! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-my-car/450394 "2008-05-23T18:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-my-car/450394/1 "2008-05-23T18:25:04Z")
Lots of them. Had my Mazdaspeed3 parked for 4 days and when I started it up there were tiny ants and eggs all over the Dashhawk (it’s a 5" x 3" LCD display of engine parameters.) I don’t know why they wanted to be there, it’s on top of my dash and my car is very clean inside, no crumbs or spills. Anyway, I got home and sealed the Dashhawk unit in a plastic bag, and spent about 30 minutes vacuuming ants; there were a trail of them going from the center vents up to the windshield. Next day I parked in the sun on purpose to try and drive any remaining ants back into the nice cool ground, and didn’t see any for several days. Then yesterday I washed the car and there was a bunch of them climbing up the inside of the driver’s door with their eggs, looks like I flooded their nest. More vacuuming, and I left a Terro poison bait in the car. This morning there were a dozen or so ants on the bait, but I rode my motorcycle to work. I’m sick of ants and I’m sick of having stupid stuff happen to my vehicles. This is the same car that 3 months ago half a maple tree fell on, and it was in the body shop for over a month. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-my-car/450394/2 "2008-05-23T20:32:26Z")
Oh God, I pity you about the ants. I found some coming into my house, through a crack in my stairway(I live on the second floor), and I just about had a fit. Used Terro and spray, got rid of them, but also had the exterminator make a visit to spray the cellar, my stairway, and the foundations around the outside. Then, just yesterday, I found some coming in through a windowscreen, on the second floor where I live no less! More Terro, more spray, and now everytime I have an itch I’m afraid to look, fearing it might be an ant. I hate ants!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-my-car/450394/3 "2008-05-23T23:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] This is the same car that 3 months ago half a maple tree fell on, and it was in the body shop for over a month. ☹ [/QUOTE] Maple syrup? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-my-car/450394/4 "2008-05-23T23:55:43Z")
OK, put a poison ant bait in the car. 2 days go by, no problem. What’s the hassle, Shmassle? 😕