Simple Summary Within the fly family (Diptera), various species transmit diseases to humans
and farm animals or are pests of many crop plants. Most species of flies, however, play key …

Simple Summary As an important group of species in forensic entomology,
sarcosaprophagous beetles can provide valuable clues to the postmortem interval of …

Abstract Analysis of insects can provide evidence in death cases, for example, by answering
the question about the time of death. Apart from flies, beetles are the second most useful …

The forensically important genus Thanatophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) is a
widespread group of carrion beetles that occupies the Holarctic and Afrotropical realms. It …

There is a consensus that forensic methods must be valid. The high quality of the method
may be fully demonstrated only through validation. Unfortunately, there are very few …

Recent discoveries have shown that the physiological age at eclosion of forensically useful
beetles differs between males and females and between beetles of various sizes …

As a forensically important species, Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775)(Coleoptera:
Staphylinidae) is often active and widely distributed on animal and human carcasses …

Flies (Diptera) have played a prominent role in human history, and several fly species are
reared at different scales and for different beneficial purposes worldwide. Here, we review …

Aggregations of juveniles are dominant forms of social life in some insect groups. Larval
societies are shaped by competitive and cooperative interactions of the larvae, in parallel …

This study explored the trade‐offs between thermal regulation and aggregation, two key
factors impacting blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae development. Recent works have …