Ant Confounder

Stop feeding ants by just placing your kitchen trash bin directly on the floor! If you are like me and tired of the battle with ants in your kitchen, here's something I hope can help all of us win the fight.

The photo shows it upside down (because it's printed this way) but when flipped 180degrees, it's a stand that raises your trash bin above the floor with 4 slim legs surrounded by concentric rings to confuse ants because they often end up walking over previously marked trails either by their comrades or themselves because of their search patterns. I heard that this disorientates them.

This print fits nicely under my trash bin because there is a shallow ring under my trash bin with an inner diameter of slightly more than 177mm; it's a good thing that the Prusa Mini+ can print this model with skirt disabled during slicing. I chose Prusament Pineapple Yellow PLA since my trash bin is yellow in colour. 😀 The gcode posted was generated with adaptive layer height to reduce the print time. No skirt, no brim, and no support required.

You wanna join me to see if our battle with ants is finally over with this new weapon in our arsenal? Remember to share your make and especially your success story in your battle with ants.