Forensic entomology case reports are the product of rapid development in the field, the
widespread acceptance of the science and the application of forensic entomological …

The decomposition process of human (and other mammalian) remains is influenced by
numerous factors such as the environmental temperature, relative humidity, precipitation …

Carrion resources sustain a complex and diverse community of both vertebrate and
invertebrate scavengers, either obligate or facultative. However, although carrion ecology …

The use of forensic entomology has become established as a global science. Recent efforts
in the field bridge multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, microbiology, chemistry …

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 …

The study of insect fauna and their development and succession patterns on decaying
cadavers is crucial to promoting insect evidence as a useful tool in forensic science …

Weekly monitoring of forensically important flight-active blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
and flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) was performed using small baited traps. Sampling …

Although most cases involving entomological evidence occur in urban environments and
under indoor conditions, there is a lack of studies determining the insect fauna of forensic …

The variation in decomposition and insect succession among the four seasons of one year
was studied for the first time in a periurban area of central Spain. During the winter trial, the …

Due to their ubiquity and synanthropy, blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are generally the
first colonisers of cadavers and, therefore, frequently used to estimate a minimum post …