Anyone else ever have this happen?

Win73 · June 3, 2012, 11:31 PM

I went to exchange the memory stick and put new batteries in one of my trail cameras and when I opened it up, it was full of ants! They were all over inside it. I think I got rid of all of them. I took one of those "bug bombs" and let it spray into the open and empty battery compartment. After letting it dry out for three days, I put the batteries and a memory stick back in and it still works.

zippy13 · June 4, 2012, 12:38 AM

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Anyone else ever have this happen?

Nope, perhaps you're onto something new -- did you once spill a Coke on your camera?

Hansam · June 4, 2012, 08:05 AM

Nope. However I did have the control module of my central air conditioning system invaded by hundreds of box elder bugs. I do mean hundreds too - to the point where they were all packed so tightly into the module housing that they caused a short in the module and rendered my a/c inoperative.

As Zippy said - did you spill a soda on or in your camera's case?

tchunter · June 4, 2012, 09:58 AM

I just had the same thing happen, did the same with ortho max but sprayed some around the base of the tree too. Seems to be working so far. The problem I can't get fixed is spiders making webs in and around one of my cameras.

FrontSight · June 4, 2012, 10:10 AM

Maybe attracted to the warmth from the electricity?

603Country · June 4, 2012, 11:07 AM

I had the ant problem once or maybe twice. Being not so sure that I should spray a bug spray into it, I just moved the camera (after getting all the ants out of it). And no, I hadn't spilled anything on the camera - as far as I know.

rickyrick · June 4, 2012, 12:06 PM

Some ants will build nests near iron. I'm sure there's some other minerals in the camera they seek.

Me thinks your camera ain't watertight lol

Win73 · June 4, 2012, 09:32 PM

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Nope, perhaps you're onto something new -- did you once spill a Coke on your camera?

Nope, never spilled anything on or in it. It has been hanging on a tree for a year or more. The bug bomb seems to have worked. After I sprayed it I left it laying out on my driveway overnight with the front cover and the battery compartment cover open. Then after checking it several times a day for three days I couldn't find any more ants or sign of them.

bigalshootmupper · June 4, 2012, 10:04 PM

I've had my camera in the woods for 3+ years, no ants. I have had about 50 baby ticks, all in a clump, on my camera when I was removing it from a tree. I didn't know what it was. I touched around it and all 50 ticks ran all over the place. Since I didn't want Lyme disease, I dropped the camera on the ground and ran.

Cool Breeze · June 5, 2012, 03:46 PM

Sheesh!......never had ants or ticks yet. sounds like you planted your camera near a nest and they were checking it out...........

YO

June 3, 2012, 11:31 PM	#1
Win73 Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 368	Anyone else ever have this happen? I went to exchange the memory stick and put new batteries in one of my trail cameras and when I opened it up, it was full of ants! They were all over inside it. I think I got rid of all of them. I took one of those "bug bombs" and let it spray into the open and empty battery compartment. After letting it dry out for three days, I put the batteries and a memory stick back in and it still works. __________________ (Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

June 4, 2012, 08:05 AM	#3
Hansam Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 746	Nope. However I did have the control module of my central air conditioning system invaded by hundreds of box elder bugs. I do mean hundreds too - to the point where they were all packed so tightly into the module housing that they caused a short in the module and rendered my a/c inoperative. As Zippy said - did you spill a soda on or in your camera's case? __________________ This is who we are, what we do.

June 4, 2012, 10:10 AM	#5
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,711	Maybe attracted to the warmth from the electricity? __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

June 4, 2012, 12:06 PM	#7
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Location: Mesquite Jungle Desert, West Texas, USA Posts: 2,278	Some ants will build nests near iron. I'm sure there's some other minerals in the camera they seek. Me thinks your camera ain't watertight lol __________________ *Navin R. Johnson*: "He hates these cans!!!! Stay away from the cans!!!!"

June 4, 2012, 10:04 PM	#9
bigalshootmupper Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 146	I've had my camera in the woods for 3+ years, no ants. I have had about 50 baby ticks, all in a clump, on my camera when I was removing it from a tree. I didn't know what it was. I touched around it and all 50 ticks ran all over the place. Since I didn't want Lyme disease, I dropped the camera on the ground and ran. __________________ ”If you want to find out what is wrong with your country, go look in the mirror.” Ross Perot

June 4, 2012, 09:58 AM	#4
tchunter Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2010 Location: Decatur, MI Posts: 113	I just had the same thing happen, did the same with ortho max but sprayed some around the base of the tree too. Seems to be working so far. The problem I can't get fixed is spiders making webs in and around one of my cameras.

June 4, 2012, 11:07 AM	#6
603Country Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Thornton, Texas Posts: 1,708	I had the ant problem once or maybe twice. Being not so sure that I should spray a bug spray into it, I just moved the camera (after getting all the ants out of it). And no, I hadn't spilled anything on the camera - as far as I know.

June 5, 2012, 03:46 PM	#10
Cool Breeze Member Join Date: June 2, 2012 Location: Western Montana Posts: 42	Sheesh!......never had ants or ticks yet. sounds like you planted your camera near a nest and they were checking it out........... YO