Things that look like Maggots in my office!!?

[ellen h]

Originally Posted by Desiderata

No food anywhere in the office Dogghound and no smell either but Triops you may have something.

There is a flat roof above the office and a hollow ceiling. Where the lights are there is always a draught. I will get the maintenance guys to check on the roof tomorrow. They could have dropped down the vents....right above where I would bve sitting if I had been there at the time....
I think I'm going to be ill!!


Thanks for the help
Desi

We have a false ceiling at work too and maggots started appearing on my work table...when our maintenance guys lifted the ceiling tiles they found a dead pigeon!! So it could well be what is happening in your office-I did go on to find a few maggots wriggling across the floor too before the bird was discovered!!

[Kayleigh]

OMG..I hope he guy in the flat is OK...

[yorkieuk]

Originally Posted by GrayB

Could they be Clothes Moth Caterpillars, the enviroment sounds correct, the only thing that doesn't seem to fit is what you said about the head. I came across one last year so if they look something like this, thats what they are. And if not well at least you can eliminate the Clothes Moth
Gray

Im sure i saw one of those in my car a couple of years back, i had no idea what it was until now.

[GrayB]

I think the Clothes Moth is excellent, nobody else seems to appreciate that this little caterpillar can make it's own sleeping bag, they really are excellent
Gray

[Desiderata]

Originally Posted by GrayB

I think the Clothes Moth is excellent, nobody else seems to appreciate that this little caterpillar can make it's own sleeping bag, they really are excellent
Gray

Would you like some of the ones I have GrayB? They don't have their own sleeping bags but you could teach them to make them.

[GrayB]

I'd like to say yea but I'm as repulsed by them as you are
Gray

[Desiderata]

Thanks again for the helpful advice triops and to ellen h for sharing her experience. It made me brave enough to go back to work!

The maintenance guys found a dead seagull on the flat roof (Not a dead body, in the flat above, Kayleigh )so all should be well now although still not sure how the critters got from there in the ceiling.

Desi

[ellen h]

Glad the problem is solved,when they appeared in my office I was surprised to see how small the crevice was that they managed to wriggle through!!!They sure can wriggle along fast too.....