Diy Ant Moat For Hummingbird Feeders

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Diy ant moat for hummingbird feeders. Add a dab of silicone sealant to the underside of the cup where the washer will touch. This diy tells you how to make something called an ant moat that helps discourage the insects from invading your feeder. Don t be tempted to put poison in the water because small birds like chickadees will actually drink from the moat. Tin can ant moat with o ring seal.
No more pheromone heavy ants to keep the hummers away. I looked them up and those question mark shaped screws are called either crown bolts or cup hooks. Make a fast easy diy hummingbird oriole ant moat water dam deterrent for your bird feeder. Use a drill bit the same diameter as the eye hooks.
Make your own hummingbird feeder ant moat for larger hummingbird feeders. The video below demonstrates another version of a homemade ant moat using j bolts. This deterred the birds which in turn upset my wife. It turns out that a group of ants had found their way up the side of the house and were all over and in one of the feeders.
Here s what you ll need. One day however she found that the hummingbirds were staying away. Via the painted hinge. Your very own ant moat.
After some research i found that the best way to keep the ants away was with an ant moat. There you have it. Very cheap at a hardware. Follow the simple diy to create your bird feeder with the ant moat and you ll find that more birds come to your garden view than ever before.
1 1 1 2 terracotta flower pot find them at craft stores 2 2 1 2 x 3 16 eye screws 1 3 16 coupling nut 2 3 16 nuts waterproof silicone sealant. Here is one more design using a tin can for the moat attached with two threaded hooks. I refresh the water every time i water the plants because of this. Place the nut on the lower eye hook as close to the eye as it can go.