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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Forensic Entomology"”.
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Investigating the current scope and potential of forensic entomology in decomposition cases at Salt River Mortuary, Cape Town, South Africa
… significant (p=0.50). Most cases presenting with entomology activity were associated with early-stage decomposition. No association was observed between the presence of open wounds and insect activity. The interviews provided data that could not be extracted in the reviews, due to personal …
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Insect Faunal Succession and Development of Forensically Important Flies on Deer Carcasses in Southwest Virginia
Forensic entomology has become synonymous with medico-legal entomology and involves the use of insects in legal and criminal investigations. Insects have been used as evidence in cases of wrongful death of humans and in wildlife poaching cases for many years. The first jail time sentence for …
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A study of forensically important Necrophgous Diptera in Kuwait.
Medico-legal entomology is the use of insects in legal matters. Knowledge of the distribution, biology, ecology and behavior of insects found at a crime scene can provide information on when, where and how the crime was committed. Although insects are known to have been used in the detection of …
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Carrion-associated arthropods in rural and urban environments
<p>Preferences of arthropods are important in forensic entomology, as the species collected can help determine the postmortem interval or if remains have been moved. This study looked at arthropods that are attracted to pig carcasses in rural and urban habitats in Northwest Indiana. The species and …
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DNA barcoding of forensically important blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) within the Western Cape of South Africa
In forensic entomology, determining species identity is a crucial step towards estimating post mortem interval. DNA barcoding can aid in the identification of unknown forensically relevant species, and this requires the comparison of DNA barcodes to reference data from known species. However, there …
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Calliphorid Hygrosensation Perception and the Effect of Humidity on Oviposition Behavior
Forensic entomology relies on the predictable development of insects under specific environmental conditions to estimate the postmortem interval. However, the accuracy of these estimates can be affected by the time between death and insect colonization, the pre-appearance interval. In cases where …
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DNA barcoding of forensically important flies in the Western Cape
One of the central applications of forensic entomology is the determination of the post mortem interval (PMI) from arthropod evidence associated with a corpse. Estimations of the PMI are based on succession and developmental patterns of specific species that visit the body. As first colonisers, …
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Insect succession and changes in the soil pH and electrical conductivity associated with decomposing pig carcasses on the Table Mountain National Park of the Western Cape Province of South Africa
… soil is crucial in the application of forensic entomology and soil chemistry in post-mortem interval estimations. However, within the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and specifically, the Table Mountain region, no studies on carrion-associated entomofauna have been published. …
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Succession and Development Studies on Carrion Insects of Forensic Importance
Forensic entomological field and laboratory studies were conducted to obtain data currently missing or conflicting in the literature. The first goal of this project was to identify and qualitatively assess the major taxa of forensic importance in southwest Virginia. Carcasses of the domestic pig, …
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Entomotoxicological and Thermal Factors Affecting the Development of Forensically Important Flies
… of alcohol and opioids on the development of forensically important flies. In addition different methods of degree-day calculations and development thresholds were used to determine the effects on PMI estimates. The first study determined the effects of ethanol on the development of Phormia …
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Arthropod successionin Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and compared development of protophormia terraenovae (R. -D.) from Beringia and the Great Lakes Region
Forensic medicocriminal entomology is used in the estimation of post-mortem intervals in death investigations, by means of arthropod succession patterns and the development rates of individual insect species. The purpose of this research was to determine arthropod succession patterns in Whitehorse, …
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The analysis of the entomological and chemical decomposition of human remains to ultimately assess the viability of the domestic pig as a substitute in forensic applications
… mortem interval (minPMI) estimations provided by forensic entomologists. The models accepted by courts in Canada are not based on research involving humans but rather on a human substitute, the domestic pig. However, now that facilities for human decomposition research are opening, we are faced …
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Dipterofauna necrófaga associada à carcaças de suínos em composição em uma área de caatinga de Pernambuco
A fauna encontrada em carcaças animais é composta por pequenos invertebrados, que possuem a necessidade de descobrir, colonizar e usufruir rapidamente deste substrato. Este trabalho descreve o primeiro inventário sistematizado de dípteros necrófagos em um ambiente de Caatinga, bioma exclusivamente …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
An issue with many poaching investigations is the discovery of carcasses in advanced stages of decomposition with little information to indicate time of death (TOD). To address TOD issues of carcasses found in a state of decomposition, and to provide training materials and field tools for …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
An issue with many poaching investigations is the discovery of carcasses in advanced stages of decomposition with little information to indicate time of death (TOD). To address TOD issues of carcasses found in a state of decomposition, and to provide training materials and field tools for …