100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I checked my stealthcam this weekend and when I opened it there were thousands of ants and larva in it. It still seems to be working fine but I am not quite sure if they could do any damage. Anyone else had this problem and if so how did you fix it. Oh yeah, and I wasted a whole roll of film on the sun. I accidently pointed it directly west just like it says not to. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I'd clean it out real good and try another tree. Unless you got something on it the ants like I would think you just chose a tree the ants frequent. So, Pick another tree that dosen't face the sun and get set up there.

Good Luck!

I almost forgot, Welcone to the board:)

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

Welcome to the board. I had the same problem with my Cuddeback. It was full of them little things. No problems with it but I did move to a different tree. Everything is good now. I just tapped it until all (or at least most) of the ants were gone.

Bummer about the roll of film.[:o] That is why I went digital.;) Good luck.

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I have not had that problem yet. I guess the deer cocane lures them all away. :)

As suggested I would just clean it off and put it on another tree. I doubt they could do any real damage during a short period of time.

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I had that problem in my deercam, it blew through most of a roll of film, I figured it was the ants on the motion sensor. I thought I had them all out til I left it on the family room coffee table over night then moved it in the AM, they were everywhere again.

I sprayed ant killer in making sure to not hit the circuit board and I removed the camera.

--Bob

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

Thats funny. Be glad they didn't set off the camera. You'd end up with a roll full of trophy ants!

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I have had that problem many times. Now I add gasket material to seal the doors better, and some of the cameras i have taped the openings. If they do get in at a certain location move the camera.

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

I can say with my camtrakker, out of the hundreds of trees I've had mine on, the only time I've had the ants were when I had it on a pine( 2 times). This is my 2 cents, but I believe this is the common occurance for this particular situation.;)

RE: 100's of Ants in my stealthcam.
 

You can use Vasoline. Smear it along the outside rim and the crawlies can't get through without sticking.