We are currently in an area where all the world's bugs have decided to congregate and sneak into the rig. We recently bought some Black Flag Window Fly Traps and put them around the MH. Boy do they work well!! I am most impressed that they even catch knats. I can now trash the pack of hanging fly traps that made the rig look like the inside of an out house.
Now if some genius could come up with this type product to catch ants....
K & E said
08:22 AM Aug 29, 2010
I'm glad they worked for you. We bought a box and put them up in our 5th wheel.
After several weeks, there is only one fly in the traps. We've had many, many flies inside and have been busy with the fly swatter. Maybe our flies are too smart for the trap!
Remi said
08:36 AM Aug 29, 2010
For ants, go with terro ant bait. Their liquid is the best I have ever found, from New Orleans to Florida to Oregon, nothing else has come close to being so effective.
Froggi said
01:11 PM Aug 29, 2010
TXRVr wrote:Now if some genius could come up with this type product to catch ants....
We had infestations of ants twice..once in TX and once in FL. Hubby finally had a thought to buy inexpensive flea collars and put them around the jacks, axles, any place the ants could use to crawl up and into the RV. That was almost 2 years ago and we've never had another ant.
Paul and Jo said
01:53 PM Aug 29, 2010
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this option to keeping the bugs at bay! Jo
Ckerr said
07:20 PM Aug 29, 2010
What a great idea about the flea collars! They are on the shopping list now!
Froggi said
09:38 PM Aug 29, 2010
Ckerr wrote:What a great idea about the flea collars! They are on the shopping list now!
We just change them every six months with the time change!
Gary said
07:57 AM Aug 30, 2010
Yet another note for the research spreadsheet! This thing is gonna get huge!
Thanks!
janieD said
08:53 PM Aug 30, 2010
For bugs in general I don't think there is anything better than Bug Stop. It outlasts anything out there. We used it at our sticks and bricks as it was the only thing that helped with the boxelder bugs and seems to work on most other bugs too including ants. Howard mentions it too on his blog.
CJSX2fromCT said
10:32 PM Apr 28, 2013
Take a zip-lock sandwich baggie and fill it 1/4 to 1/2 full of water and place 5 pennies in baggie and hang it near doorway... no flies. don't laugh it works.
Lucky Mike said
11:23 PM Apr 28, 2013
In The south if you want to get rid of Fire ants....Sprinkle instant grits over the mound...the ant will collect it and eat it ......it causes the ant to swell and die upon eating it!!!!!
Hina said
01:42 AM May 3, 2013
A good, easy and organic solution to ants; they HATE lemon oil and cinnamon! You can smudge some lemon essential oil (or Lemon Pledge furniture polish works wonders also) across their tracks, and also put cinnamon sticks into the food cabinets where they like to go. They will avoid it!
Now if some genius could come up with this type product to catch ants....
After several weeks, there is only one fly in the traps. We've had many, many flies inside and have been busy with the fly swatter. Maybe our flies are too smart for the trap!
Jo
We just change them every six months with the time change!
A good, easy and organic solution to ants; they HATE lemon oil and cinnamon! You can smudge some lemon essential oil (or Lemon Pledge furniture polish works wonders also) across their tracks, and also put cinnamon sticks into the food cabinets where they like to go. They will avoid it!