Abstract: A pet food dish uses a combination of several water-filled moats and one or more climbing obstacles to prevent ants and other crawling insects from gaining access to the food in it. The dish has an upper, food containing, portion that is supported by a pedestal. The pedestal is preferably formed integrally with a base portion of the dish that incorporates a moated region. A separate deflector-trap is placed on the base unit around the pedestal. The deflector-trap comprises one of the climbing obstacles and has an intramural region that provides one of the moats.