Forensic entomology, the use of insects and other arthropods in forensic investigations, is
becoming increasingly more important in such investigations. To ensure its optimal use by a …

Background The epidemiologic characteristics of human myiasis in the United States remain
undefined. Objective To describe the most common clinical conditions associated with …

Forensic Entomology provides undergraduates with a concise introduction to the subject.
The book is written with the clarity necessary for students starting out in entomology yet …

Developmental behavior of eggs, larva and pupa of the blowfly species Lucilia sericata
(Meigen) were studied under 10 different temperature regimes. Data from these studies …

Blow fly development rates are frequently used to estimate elapsed time since death in
homicide investigations in the first few weeks after death. However, in order to make more …

The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, is recognised for its use in a forensic context as a
means for estimating the time of colonisation and potentially postmortem interval of …

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 …

A record of the length of the largest larvae collected from a corpse can be used to estimate
the age of the oldest larvae present and, therefore, give an estimate of minimum time since …

Immature development times of the blow fly Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy,
1830) were studied in the laboratory at five different constant temperatures (15, 20, 25, 30 …

During the summer months of the year 2001, six forensic cases (one is reported in the
present paper), a pig carrion study in the city of Vienna (latitude 48° 12'N, longitude 16° …