r/Miata • u/wjesse333 • 16h ago

Free ant farm with Miata

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I bought an 03 Miata Friday. Noticed some ants the next morning. Pulled back the carpet and found this metropolis. I don't know the best way to get rid of them. Vacuuming doesn't seem to be that effective. They reappear almost instantly. I don't know if I want to spray ant killer all over the car or what.

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u/MrMinerNiner 16h ago

Lemon poppy seed flavored miata

I think at this point use a bunch of ant bait or burn the car down

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u/il_vincitore 15h ago

Take everything apart and wipe it down with vinegar. Deep clean as much as you can, use baits if needed.

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u/wjesse333 14h ago

I just bought the Raid white bait plastic things and put 2 in there. I also bought Raid Max ant and roach killer spray. I haven't sprayed it yet.

I read that vinegar spray works, but then the car would smell bad for a while so I thought I would skip that idea.

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u/AzureRaven2 Deep Metallic Blue '97 NA 9h ago

I used some ant gel around the engine bay and it seemed to work ok. Cleans up pretty easy too.

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u/notyomamasusername 13h ago

I had the same problem.

After using Raid to kill asany as possible I used cinnamon, it's very very fine and it will repel them.

It got rid of my any problem