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easymoney YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 29	Problem with ANTs 10/06/24 at 11:20:12 I park my Savage in a corner of an apartment parking lot. The grass in that area has ants and they are very attracted to my bike. It is always crawling with them. I put ant killer packs in the tool box which helped some, but still they come. Swatting ants at 50 mph in heavy traffic sucks! Any suggestions?
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Re: Problem with ANTs
Reply #1 - 10/06/24 at 11:38:42

Couple ideas....

1) Kill the freakin' ant mound near where you park.
2) Spray the underside of the bike with "Ortho Home Defense". It's fairly odorless and doesn't hurt paint (at least not my baseboards in the house).

There are only 3 points on the bike that they can climb up on the bike from - front tire, rear tire, side stand. Spray the tires and side stand with Home Defense.

What is it with ants liking electrical stuff? For whatever reason, the little bastards like the electrical panel on our outside AC condensing unit. I have to fight the little assholes all summer.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10798 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #2 - 10/06/24 at 12:07:17 Those little suckers are just after a quick BUZZ.
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zevenenergie Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1761 The Netherlands Den Haag	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #3 - 10/06/24 at 12:49:33 You can park your bike on a verry hairy carpet. That will stop them. And sprey the carpet whit poison.
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Re: Problem with ANTs
Reply #4 - 10/06/24 at 14:39:26

Too many pets in the area (including mine} for most stuff, I sprayed some pet friendly "ant killer". but it was friendly to ants too. As far as attacking the hills, total ant biomass in the area (this is Florida) is probably as much as me and the motorcycle together, My car is parked right next to the bike but the ants don't seem to be attracted to it.

It's irrigated here too, (and hurricaned lately) so a small grass fire seems difficult.

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ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2152 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #5 - 10/06/24 at 15:14:55 What's wrong with the pets in Florida (brain damage)? Our pets in Texas have enough sense not to stand in ant mounds and eat pesticide. Park in a different place away from the ants if you don't want to kill the little bastards. :'( Get a pet Anteater to guard your bike? Here's a Texas-sized ant mount. Are yours this big?
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JOG Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2052 Longview, Texas Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #6 - 10/06/24 at 17:24:19 If they're fire ants,Amdro will move them out and I've never seen any pet eat it.
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Re: Problem with ANTs
Reply #7 - 10/06/24 at 18:05:24

JOG wrote on 10/06/24 at 17:24:19:

If they're fire ants,Amdro will move them out and I've never seen any pet eat it.

Amdro is killer stuff! Works great! At least he doesn’t have a wasp problem, right JOG!?

Reminds me of a story riding with my buddy. We’re doing about 60-65 down some po-dunk country road and all of a sudden he looks like a Kung-Fo Fighter on his bike. He whips it over to the dirt shoulder and throws his jacket on the ground. I pull over and I’m like “what heck is going on!?”. Not just 1, but at least 3 hornets got up his sleeves and around the neck. He got stung up pretty good. After digging out the stingers, we resumed our casual “uneventful” ride.

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Reply #8 - 10/06/24 at 18:46:01

This year was just The Worst for getting stung. Two Events with wasps and one with the underground yellow jackets that I didn't even Know were a thing. Those little guys are fast. Four in the head,four across the back,one under the arm.. All in a,matter of seconds. At least I didn't get dog bit.

FWIW,fire ant love wires. They eat insulation.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10798 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #9 - 10/07/24 at 03:16:25 Fire ants are straight from the devil. I had to deal with them every day in S Carolina. The only good fire ant is a dead fire ant. Amdro and a couple of other products work, but you must be diligent and watch for new mounds All the time. Feed them constantly so they will all die.
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Re: Problem with ANTs
Reply #10 - 10/07/24 at 05:31:36

LANCER wrote on 10/07/24 at 03:16:25:

Fire ants are straight from the devil.
I had to deal with them every day in S Carolina.
The only good fire ant is a dead fire ant.

Agree, fire ants are Straight from the Devil!! Very prevalent here in Houston too! You can’t ever let up on the killing! They must ALL DIE!! Bastards!!

This was one of those weird years when the “crazy ants” (or “piss ants” as my grandpa called ‘em) decided to pop up! They want to come inside whereas the fire ants are content to kill you in the backyard! The indoor/outdoor Home Defense stuff works good on the piss ants!

You really don’t see the big army ants here in Houston. They must like cooler dryer weather.

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Surviving Philly Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 293	Re: Problem with ANTs Reply #11 - 10/07/24 at 16:24:53 If your crank case leaks oil like mine maybe just park it over the mounds...
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