An initially premortem maggot infestation of a corpse has been inferred based in part on an
estimate of maggot age greater than the pathologist's postmortem interval estimate. The …

Background Forensic entomology (FE) is widely considered as an important field of forensic
science, particularly in the field of estimating postmortem intervals, which has advanced …

African carrion communities contain representatives of the same families that occur in
carrion communities on other continents. Checklists and identification guides are tabulated …

Insects typically are the first organisms to discover a body after death. They are capable of
arriving at and colonizing within minutes of the victim's final breath (Anderson and …

Several methodological difficulties and inherent variation in the relevant entomological
phenomenon, however, are still likely to confront a forensic entomologist and should be …

Forensic entomology offers insects as physical evidence during legal procedures. Forensic
entomologists have determined succession of arthropods on dead animals, but few …

Las larvas de Protophormia terraenovae se encuentran con frecuencia asociadas a
cadáveres en el centro y norte de Europa pero son raras en el área Mediterránea …