The morning after returning from a 4 day trip we were just heading out early in the car and noticed the front of the Eriba quite covered with ants. Slight panic as I didn’t want them setting up home so gave them a blitzing with ant killer and sprayed round all of the wheels and legs.
On returning I noticed that there was a lot of tree sap (and a lot of dead ants) on both the eriba and the car, which fortunately just washed off with water. Inside the van was free from squatters so I gathered that it was the sap that was attracting them, and now feel quite bad about unleashing chemical warfare on them rather than just washing them off.

Not totally sure, but I think ants will not nest internally in your van or home.
still a bloody nuisance though.

Is this it Brian
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>anyone had ant problems or infestation with their vans ??....does anyone put anything around the wheels or jacks / steadies???

We were invaded by herds of stampeding ants at Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne earlier this year, Ian. They got into our beds and woke us up. It was horrible. I treated the van with insecticidal lacquer banding which kept them down to manageable numbers but as recently as a few weeks ago I was still finding the occasional one inside the van which I suspect were survivors from the original task force.

>does anyone put anything around the wheels or jacks / steadies???

At our first stop on the last tour I saw a chap putting ant powder around wheels and steadies but that's the only time I've seen it done. maybe I should have taken the hint? The problem was that our ants were climbing up the awning and coming in around the door seal.

I shall be extra vigilant this month.”

Copied from another place, sssh.
The name’s Bond, James Bond

After an invasion of ants at Peniscola a few years ago I bought ant powder and practically nuked the interior of the van. To deter the little blighters I then used the powder around the steadies, tyres and jockey wheel. I was still doing this when we arrived at the Eribafest on the Vendee, it caused some consternation when I was spotted as everyone assumed there was a serious ant problem on site. Nope, just me being neurotic again! I still put the powder around the steadies and tyres at home on the drive once the ants appear. Neil thinks I’m mad but I’m not having ants in my van if I can help it, ugh!