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Deterring Ants

by Tim"NOMAD"Piper
(Louisville,KY&THE ROAD)

A friend and I discovered one day while eating lunch that ants travel on a sent trail. At least between the nest and food source. We confused them by putting a line of charred cigarette ashes across their trail. The ants searched until they
finally found a way around it.

If a person had fire and a small enough shelter they could burn a ring around it and spread the ashes from the fire to deter ants.

Pryor to building your shelter a person could do a small controlled burn to kill off insects and deter their return.

If you are in an open hammock I believe you could ring the tree above and below the attachment lines with charcoal to keep ants off you.


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