Nocturnal light and temperature influences on necrophagous, carrion-associating blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Central Texas

It is commonly thought that blow flies are nocturnally inactive. Blowflies are often important in helping to estimate post mortem intervals (PMI) for corpses found at death scenes. If blow flies oviposit during nocturnal hours, there could possibly be up to 12-hour discrepancies for estimates of P...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirkpatrick, Ryan Scott
Other Authors: Olson, Jimmy K.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1104