ants in tent

[blu]

In Prep for our October trip to FW we packed the family up for a weekend trip. I was up half the night getting bit by ants. I live in Fl so I am well aware of the little buggers but I dont think these were fire ants. For one thing they didnt swarm and attack like crazy after the first couple bit and mostly they have not raised any little pus blisters. Actually my bites sites are almost gone already. My brother living in Ohio asked if we put tent in an ant bed. My reply? "yes, we pitched the tent on the ground in Fl, it is one giant ant mobile ant bed'

Any way, my question for any experienced tent campers ( havent done it since I was a kid) is there a child safe way to keep ants out of our tent. We had no food stored in there, they were all over but no place special IYKWIM. I hae heard that cinnamon around the perimeter or talc powder with do it.

 

[motherwild]

I think vinegar is suppose to keep ants away. You can also put i on bites to stop the itching

 

[FLDisneyFan]

I stayed at FW last week, and never had a problem with ants. However, when I pulled up the tarp that I placed under my tent, there were hundreds of them scurrying around. My guess is that it was the tarp that kept them from coming up into the tent.

 

[mikron]

Ex lax around the camp and tent or any RV in small foil ash trays. They eat it and die.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Ex lax around the camp and tent or any RV in small foil ash trays. They eat it and die.

What a great idea !! I like that !!

 

[blu]

I do feel sorry for any squirrels who found your foil trays. I was just told of a safe spray to use on the perimeter, beings that it is a sandy pad I would think a good spray on the sand might help too. Perhaps it isnt too bad there because Disney does it already.
Happiest place on earth..... unless you're an ant. new slogan.

 

[mikron]

I feel sorry for the camper who posted this thread more.

 

[blu]

that would be me. Actually just a day and a half later the bites have healed, better than mosquitoes. It was just so annoying to be woken every 5 to 10 minutes with a single bite. My DD got some good ones, DH and son didnt get a one. Maybe gender specific ants.