Strange black things ??

[macabethiel]

Over the last couple of weeks some strange black spots / eggs / things have appeared on our conservatory floor.

My first thought was it is fly / insect droppings but they are loose on the tiled floor and can easily be hoovered up.

The first batch a couple of weeks ago numbered about 100 plus and I thought they might have fallen off our Rubber Plant or Tomato plant but they are some distance from both and now another batch have appeared easily another 100 plus.

The ceiling above is white with no cob webs or similar anyone know what they are ?

I have picked some up with tape for the photo the other debris is sand !

 

[don simon]

Mouse poo?

 

[emjaybee]

Not mouse poo!

Mouse poo looks like small grains of black rice, and as mice are incontinent they are not usually in clusters but spread about.

Are they soft or hard?

Do they have a hard crust and soft inside?

:nenau

 

[Banshee]

They are dead seeds from a bush, I get those on the garden floor, they seem to float on the wind and blow in the house too :doh

 

[AlexD333]

definitely a seed of sorts, you can see the stem on one of em :thumb2

 

[rustic]

They are dead seeds from a bush, I get those on the garden floor, they seem to float on the wind and blow in the house too :doh

Might blow under the eaves, and drop from the roof.
When it happens, are they always in the same place?
Does it occur with strong south westerly winds etc?

To test the theory..
Plant a few in some damp compost.
If it grows leaves, then they are seeds.
If it turns into a mouse, then it could be mice lol...
:lol

 

[macabethiel]

Might blow under the eaves, and drop from the roof.
When it happens, are they always in the same place?
Does it occur with strong south westerly winds etc?

To test the theory..
Plant a few in some damp compost.
If it grows leaves, then they are seeds.
If it turns into a mouse, then it could be mice lol...
:lol

They only appear against our Conseravatory door and seem to accumulate in the grout groove between the floor tiles. They are shiny black with a dome shaped top, flat at bottom. Interestingly the are near the dogs bed - no sign of fleas etc ! lol

Methinks they might be some sort of seed as previously mentioned.

 

[macabethiel]

Seeds

They are dead seeds from a bush, I get those on the garden floor, they seem to float on the wind and blow in the house too :doh

That seems quite likely I have found more near our back door too.

 

[John B]

Rabbit poo ??

 

[firebobby]

Not mouse poo!

Mouse poo looks like small grains of black rice, and as mice are incontinent they are not usually in clusters but spread about.

Are they soft or hard?

Do they have a hard crust and soft inside?

:nenau

WHAT!!!, all these years my wife has been feeding me with with "special black rice" as she calls it.

Do you have any plants in your conservatory.

 

[don simon]

Ghost poo?

 

[solarman216]

they look like berry's, this time of year the birds steel our blackberry's and drop them all over the place, could a bird be getting in? Rick

 

[Terrano Steve]

Soot from open fire or woodburner :nenau no idea how it gets on conservatory floor though.

 

[jonela]

Defiantly seeds, have you got any indoor plants in the conservatory the could have come off :nenau