Springtails
Last summer, my friend helped me put on a new deck... well actually, he did 99 percent of it and I fetched beer. It came out beautiful, and we love it. So too does a host of tiny flea-looking creatures that turned out to be called "Springtails." Apparently, they're harmless. They come out as soon as the temperature gets above 40 or so, and especially when condensation starts forming on the "azek" boards.
On this day, it looks like a raccoon or skunk had been up on the deck. The springtails were massed around the footprints and near crumbs of whatever the critter had been munching on the deck.
Springtails
Last summer, my friend helped me put on a new deck... well actually, he did 99 percent of it and I fetched beer. It came out beautiful, and we love it. So too does a host of tiny flea-looking creatures that turned out to be called "Springtails." Apparently, they're harmless. They come out as soon as the temperature gets above 40 or so, and especially when condensation starts forming on the "azek" boards.
On this day, it looks like a raccoon or skunk had been up on the deck. The springtails were massed around the footprints and near crumbs of whatever the critter had been munching on the deck.