ok i seriously need help!

bmw_lover SG

guys! my car has been invaded by a swarm of red ants!!!!!!!!!

haven been using my car for the past week, and i parked head in to the car lot, so the ants mounted my car from the kerb. found out yesterday. ants all inside my bonnet and front head lamps. i went for a car wash. got ride of some ants. went to speed down ECP @ 140kmph. trying to blow and barbeque the ants. still got ants left!!! how?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! anyone encounter this before??? can help poor me get rid of the ants? i know cannot spray water into the engine compartment to flush them away. so how?!?!?!?!??!

thanks
panicking me.

Axl SG

1. first buy a packet of sweets* and a copy of newspaper

2. cover your seats with some pieces of newspaper

3. unwrap the sweets and display them on your seats

4. when they start swarming out to eat the sweet squash them with the newspaper you have left

5. repeat step 1 - 4 if neccessary

*can try dead insects if u have a low budget

if you have higher budget, can import an ant eater and install it in your car for a few weeks. side effects are: animal smell and poop

Axl SG

where did u park btw??

huiz SG

try seeking help from a pest control company.

sgboy2004 SG

spray insecticide no use meh?

huiz SG

why not try putting some ant poison to see if it is effective?

david3305 SG

try to put pandang leaves in the car, next spray Bygone. Also get rid of any tidbits in the car.

rumie SG

hey, sorry, it's a bit out of topic but is something similar...

i know someone posted something similar sometime back, but i thought there might be better ideas on how to solve this now...

COCKROACH

luckily, it's not big ones, but still can be disgusting and shocking to see one especially when travelling at 120kph...

i guess it's my fault to eat in the car, but anyway, i'll stop now and keep my cars clean...

but how to get rid of existing ones?

on budget, and don't want to spend too much unless really necessary.

i'll be taking my car for polishing which usually comes with vacuuming, etc. but i know this is not gonna help much cos i observed that these cockroaches hide at the engine area, etc.. so...

how???

bmw_lover SG

i parked head in into a lot, then the front of my car somehow is touching the kerb. the car was under a tree. so i'm guess the stupid ants decide to colonize in my car.

bmw_lover SG

those red ants like immune to baygon one..... argh.... now better liao. i think drive alot the ants all killed by the heat liao.

bmw_lover SG

people sell ant poison???

bmw_lover SG

anyone knows if insecticide is bad for the car paint?

hotxyz2002 SG

Maybe just spray some insecticide to the area where you find lots of ants. After, you have got rid of them, you can then put pandan leaves to get rid of the insecticide smell.

TwinTurbo_Supra SG

got those kind of poisonous bait which are very effective... bring them back to their nest to share... then u noe wad happens... Twisted Evil

free4ever SG

Yes , I think provision shops have. Can go and ask around.

ditzy SG

You can try the ant chalk, its like chalk and you can draw lines where the ants walk over. It works in my home. Very Happy

huiz SG

yup...this is the ant poison i was talking abt. when the ants bring the poisoned 'food' back their nests & other ants eat it, they will die. in fact my mum had tried this method at home & it works.

TwinTurbo_Supra SG

mine too... last time my hse really alot of ants... very disgusting... Mad

Praetorian111 SG

baygon or any insect spray shld be able to do the trick.. Wink