Effect of carcass model on maggot distribution and thermal generation of two forensically important blowfly species, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)

Effect of carcass model on maggot distribution and thermal generation of two forensically important blowfly species, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)

Abstract Background At feeding stage, blowfly larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) form aggregation to facilitate the breakdown of a human body after death. The aggregation structure of blowfly larvae could probably be different depending on fly species and food size. In forensic investigations, corpse s...

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Main Authors: Azwandi Ahmad, Baharudin Omar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Subjects:
Carcass
Maggot mass
Postmortem Interval 
Aggregation
Chrysomya megacephala
Chrysomya rufifacies
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-018-0097-z

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