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Any suggestions for preventing ants from invading the camera? I had one out of seven cuddietaken over by ants last year and got it working after using bug spray and tearing apart the camera to blow them out. I'll try the freezing trick this year if I get a repeat performance. The one camera I had over run by ants was on a tree I'd been using for 4 years now. No problems in prior years or after using the bug spray to clean it out.
But I'd prefer to prevent the critters from nesting in the camera. I'll be putting out my cameras over the 4th so I'm open to any suggestions.
good question! i don't know of anything you can do to repell ants that won't spook deer, i.e. sprays and such. i just try to avoid any type of fruit tree's like persimmon tree's. this is where i had my ant problem. my only advice is don't hang your camera on any type of tree's that ants use as a food source or home.