# Ants in Car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995 "2012-08-09T05:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AHoward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@AHoward](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AHoward)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995/1 "2012-08-09T05:51:21Z")

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Any suggestions for how to get rid of an ant infestation in a fleet of work cars? I have tried putting Raid on the tires to keep them away, sprayed Raid in the car, put ant bait in the vehicles and they keep returning. I have vacuumed out the cars so there are no crumbs/food source but they keep on returning. We have moved where we park the cars as we noticed an anthill nearby however they keep returning. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995/2 "2012-08-09T06:14:13Z")

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terro is my typical response. put a little liquid down, bye bye.

> **[Amazon.com: terro ant killer liquid](https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=terro+ant+killer+liquid&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=20998765530&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=622403186634303042&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_1mqq2tq433_b)**

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995/3 "2012-08-09T19:42:02Z")

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AND  
clean and remove all food residue that is attracting them in.

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995/4 "2012-08-10T01:46:30Z")

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Local hardware store has ant traps that contain fairly benign and effective ingredients.

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ants-in-car/73995/5 "2012-08-10T01:49:35Z")

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Lure them out by having a picnic nearby?

Ken’s right: You must have some food stuffs in those cars. Ants don’t bother visiting unless there’s food.