Ants in trail camera

[YoungGuns]

Like the title states, I have been having trouble with all of my trail cameras this year (most likely because of all the rain). Out of our 14 moultries only 3 cameras did not have ants that had crawled up inside them. Does anyone have a solution that won't spook the deer, but at the same time will kill the ants? Anyone else having this problem??

Thanks for the help!

 

[foggy]

Yep. Had ants in several of my cameras too. I just cleaned em up real good. Not sure if they have affected anything.

 

[YoungGuns]

Yep. Had ants in several of my cameras too. I just cleaned em up real good. Not sure if they have affected anything.

Yeah except for I went back two hours later and the dang things were back in it again! Then I watched a little and they were crawling behind the SD card messing around. Makes me nervous... they leave a really waxy/wet residue that may damage the 'guts' of the camera. :mad:

 

[bueller]

The yard spray made by Off that is designed for mosquitos kills ants on contact. It is sold in aerosol cans. I used some last weekend on ants that were nesting in my water pump electrical box and my sprinkler timer case (very similar to a trail cam setup). After killing the ants and cleaning up the mess I sprayed a very light coat inside and outside the boxes in hopes that it will deter future invaders. Don't know if this was a long term fix or how the deer will react to it when used on a trail cam.

 

[Bill]

Ants will kill a camera quick. Moultrie is notorious for it. For some reason they are attracted to the electronics.

Stu's got it permethrin. You can also put a bay leaf inside the camera. Ants don't like bay.

 

[foggy]

Thanks Bill....good to know!

 

[strawhead]

We also have ants. Will try the permethrin. Thanks .

 

[THunter]

Go get you some of that Over And Out Fire Ant Killer that you spread on lawns like fertilizer. It is a granular poison that not only kills existing fire ant mounds but keeps any from coming back. Spread it around about a 10' circle around your camera site. Trust me. We have to do that around our breaker box and our well pump at the farm or the ants will gunk them up.