Forensic Entomology

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dorsal

related or situated on or near the back

invertebrate

an animal lacking a spinal column

parasite

an animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food and protection from it.

omnivore

an animal that eats both plants and other animals

pupa

an insect that is in the stage of development between larva and adult.

maggot

an insect that looks like a small worm and that is a young form of a fly

posterior

near or toward the back of something

medicolegal

of or relating to both medicine and law

molt

to cast off (an outer covering) periodically

Sarcophagid flies

flesh flies; grayish, usually with three distinct longitudinal dark stripes on the dorsal thorax

diptera

flies

Four stages of decay for a body

fresh, bloated, decay, dry

postmortem

happening after death

ambient temperature

outside surrounding temperature

PMI

post mortem interval or the period of time between the actual death and when the body is discovered

oviposition

egg laying by insects

cadaver

a dead body

metamorphosis

a major change in the form or structure of some animals or insects that happens as the animal or insect becomes an adult.

instar

a stage in the life of an arthropod (as an insect) between two successive molts

rigor mortis

a temporary stiffness of a body that happens after death

necrophage

an organism that eats dead or decaying flesh

integument

an outer enclosing layer (as a skin, membrane, or cuticle) of a living thing or one of its parts

spiracles

any of the openings in the body of an arthropod and especially of an insect through which air enters a trachea

forensic entomology

application of the scientific study of insects to criminal and civil investigations

coleoptera

beetles

Calliphorid flies

blowflies; iridescent blue, green, and copper or black bodies

carrion

the flesh of dead animals

larva

the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects

thorax

the middle of the three chief divisions of the body of an insect

succession

the ordered series of insects attracted to a decomposing body

taphonomy

the science which studies the natural process of plant and animal decay


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