Forensic entomology is the science of collecting and analysing insect evidence to aid in
forensic investigations. Its main application is in the determination of the minimum time since …

Necrophagous flies that colonize human and animal corpses are extremely efficient at
locating and utilizing carrion. Adult flies deposit eggs or larvae on the ephemeral food …

Carcass mass and carcass clothing are factors of potential high forensic importance. In
casework, corpses differ in mass and kind or extent of clothing; hence, a question arises …

The Muscidae is one of the main dipteran families recognized as important for medico-legal
purposes. Although an association of adult flies with decomposing human and animal …

The use forensic entomology within clandestine gravesite excavations can provide valuable
information for a medicolegal death investigation. Insect evidence can provide an estimate …

The effect of clothing on carcass decomposition and patterns of insect succession onto
remains were investigated in two separate years during autumn in Western Australia. The …

Carcass mass largely affects pattern and rate of carrion decomposition. Supposedly, it is
similarly important for carrion entomofauna; however, most of its likely effects have not been …

Several traces may reveal the post-mortem relocation of a corpse. Insects are particularly
useful for that purpose. The use of insects for inferring the transfer of a corpse rests on a …

The pattern of insect succession and the species composition on cadavers can be
influenced by several parameters, one of which is concealment. It has been previously …

Information on Diptera community, seasonality and successional patterns in every
geographical region is fundamental for the use of flies as forensic indicators of time of death …