FAIRFIELD, Calif. - Students in a high school literature class got an unexpected lesson in insect biology earlier this month when a half-dozen maggot larvae fell through ceiling tiles onto books and students.
It was the "grossest experience" in the 17 years of David Day, who heard a noise and looked at the floor to see an inch-long maggot wriggling.
"Then one fell on a student on the back of his sweatshirt," Day told the Fairfield Daily Republic. "And one fell on his book."
The students crowded to one side of the room before fleeing.
Pigeons were to blame.
Some of the birds that roosted in a crawl space under the portable building's roof died, and flies laid eggs in their corpses, said Bill Luna, director of administrative services.
The maggots then fell through the tiles.
Maintenance soon condemned the portable building and Fairfield-Suisun School District employees will tear down the classroom during the Christmas break, said Rob Pierce, director of facilities and construction.
It was the "grossest experience" in the 17 years of David Day, who heard a noise and looked at the floor to see an inch-long maggot wriggling.
"Then one fell on a student on the back of his sweatshirt," Day told the Fairfield Daily Republic. "And one fell on his book."
The students crowded to one side of the room before fleeing.
Pigeons were to blame.
Some of the birds that roosted in a crawl space under the portable building's roof died, and flies laid eggs in their corpses, said Bill Luna, director of administrative services.
The maggots then fell through the tiles.
Maintenance soon condemned the portable building and Fairfield-Suisun School District employees will tear down the classroom during the Christmas break, said Rob Pierce, director of facilities and construction.
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