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Old 07-29-2008, 10:05 PM
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W9ARcher
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Default RE: problem with my trusty cudde

Well the ants are back this year again on the same tree I had problems last year. I tried the freezer trick on the little buggers and problem was solved in an hour. Just had to shake out the eggs and dead bodies.

Camera works good as new though I lost all pictures since the ants constantly triggered the camera over the past three weeks and the batteries died. The Cuddiebacks don't like their batteries dieing as the menu options go into an infinate loop and makes the CF card unreadable (requires reformat)

Other posts said to avoid fruit trees and got me to thinking my problem is with sweet ants on maple trees. Seems this tree is leaking sap where the camera is screwed into the tree and thus attracting the little buggers to take up residence in the camera.

Lesson learned is to notattach to my cameras to maple trees.
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