Whats growing in this switch/fuse?

[Contract Killer]

Callout for a landlord i went to yesterday, after chasing a short throughout the house, i finally came accross the cause...





In all my years i have never came accross something like this growing inside a box inside the house (well its a conservatory).

So what the fk is it? Caused from the drain?

If i just replace the boxes, is it likely to come back?

Anyone come accross this?

[SS2.]

[sherman]

Eggs or a mould?

[TooMany2cvs]

Contract Killer said:

Callout for a landlord i went to yesterday, after chasing a short throughout the house, i finally came accross the cause...

Eggs. Insects or spiders or something along those lines.

[Alucidnation]

Aliens for sure.

[Boosted LS1]

SS2. said:

It's not her, that's my missus and she's downstairs at the mo.

[Stenasev]

Looks like whatever laid them there was trying to bury them in the earth..

[Boosted LS1]

Are they mouse droppings, can a mouse get into the socket?

[Yipper]

Probably worth sending a photo to some of the spider, bug, insect and zoological websites, to see if they can make a good ID. Many will have a guess at the photos if you're polite enough.

http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/best-insect...

Or send it into BBC Springwatch and see if they want to feature it on their upcoming show.

Could even be fungus.

[OtherBusiness]

Ant eggs? https://goo.gl/images/VT0Sy4

[Doofus]

Boosted LS1 said:

Are they mouse droppings, can a mouse get into the socket?

No, but he could poke bits of poo in through the holes.

[bimsb6]

Probably slugs