ANTS..HELP ASAP..2011 Prius with Sunroof

Wow! New to me, never heard of anyone having this problem. Hope someone will chime in that has had this happen.

 

Do you have an exterminator that you use? Seems like the best choice.

 

OMG. Burn the car. GROSS

 

Then you have organic matter molding in the car, I'd smoke or soapy water them out, then I'd find the "friend" that put something in the chassis that's attracting them.

 

Bugs esp ants are a real problem in GA.
I find that parking my car under trees in the springtime in GA the car gets covered in pollen and tree sap which is slightly sweet and will attract ants and in about a week with the high humidity the remains of the sap gets converted to black mould.
I usually ask the Terminix guy to set out ant bait near the scent trails that they use along the sides of the driveway. He tells me that ants and termites go together in that they both need a bit of humidity so the ants probably would not have set up house in the car.
If you are parked and leave the windows or sunroof open for a short time mosquitos and possibly yellow jackets will 'bug' you. I can tell you that it was not pleasant screeching to a halt with a yellow jacket biting through my biking jersey but this was with a different vehicle.

 

I had a similar problem in the trunk of an old Mercedes E55 AMG wagon, and the following method solved the problem. Vacuum as many as possible and then spray some non-toxic pest control around and on the affected area. The pest control that I formulated had 1 cup baking soda, 1 gallon of water, and 1/2 cup citric acid; no need to use toxic substances.

 

My previous car which it was Acura TL type S 2008 was once infested with ants.

I still dont know how they end up but I went to car washing place and they vacuumed entire car but still there were millions crawling out from small tiny gaps.

I bought bug spray from walmart and sprayed all over the gaps and they were gone.

I think the their Queen came in my car and started hatching her eggs somewhere...

SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 ? 2

 

Windex... cleans and kills ants on contact

 

I would probably try the borax based ant traps (TERRO) available at Walmart.

 

Cover it in black poly sheeting and leave it parked in the sun, That with kill them. I did this to a RV that belongs to my neighbor and no more ants.

 

We had a spider take up residence lately. Every time I'd get in there'd be fresh webs. Finally vacuumed out stem-to-stern, pulled out everything out, right down to the battery in the back. I found the spider (apparently the one and only, no more webs since) about halfway through the process, but was on a roll.

Then when I'd vacuumed as much as possible, opened up all doors and hatch and unleashed the LEAF BLOWER.

 

You should have loaned the spider to the OP, he'll get rid of the ants.

 

Oh I do not know, we had a Haloween vehicle there for a while...

 

Ditto on the Terro. This stuff is amazing and non toxic. I use it around the house. We had problems with small red ants and carpenter ants. They have not reappeared for 2 years. The traps are easy to set. Just clip the end off with scissors and place where they appear to be travelling. They also sell it in little squeeze bottles so you can apply it directly. Good luck!