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Mitesof sone sorton teak garden furnture in shed

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
in Problem solving
webe just opened our shed and on all
tje garden chairs we stored away last year there are hundreds of crawling mini mites of some sort - thought might be tiny baby spiders but look like flea type shape - do I need to be worried? Many thanks 
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  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Apologies for all the typos! Trying to type query into phone down the garden! 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Take them outside and give them a bast from the hosepipe to remove general dust and muck and unwanted guests.  Leave in the sun to dry then rub down if necessary and treat with teak oil.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thanks Obelix, any idea what they may be? X
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Not without a picture and maybe not even then.  All sorts of wee critters shelter in sheds for winter but disappear in the warmth and sunlight.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • owd potterowd potter Posts: 979
    Not much damages Teak.
    Virtually indestructible.
    Just another day at the plant...
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    owd potter said:
    Not much damages Teak.
    Virtually indestructible.
    That's true,I once tried to mend my teak bench and the drill bit hardly made a scratch!!!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thankyou everyone for your replies xx
  • g.eastg.east Posts: 1
    Hello. A 'swarm' of tiny creatures has appeared on the door to the fuse box outside. They are really small and look golden and my keen eyed neighbours sid they looked like spiders and had a small balack dot on their bums. Any ideas? Don't want to hurt them...but..
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) :)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They’ll soon disperse ... most of them will provide food for hungry baby robins and bluetits  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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