Tiny white (bug?)

[Neal]

Omg....if they survived, they could be in my oven! You just freaked me out.

*Currently blasting my oven!*

Aahaa, omg priceless. Your response at first was like tough bug, then you're like omg... If they survived they could be in my oven. You're fine, they can get inside of the bark and it'll help them manage the temps.

yes MY guess is that they live inside the bark and apparently I did not heat the bark long enough to raise the inner temp allowing them to live . I was afraid that at 350 deg I would have a fire on my hands if I went much longer than 20 min. Its sad you buy a product from the store and still you have to try to find a way to sanitize it! you would think at the prices they charge it would come ready to go??

Exactly, you both are okay as they're most likely just stuff that either feeds on decay or wood and stuff of that nature. I've seen them before especially if you had scorpions that would kill something and wouldn't finish it all the way off. They're probably harmless though I can't say for sure if you have the same ones that I've seen.

Also I'm sure they do sanitize the stuff, but they probably run into the same thing that you did as well.