Analysis of the Successional Patterns of Insects on Carrion in Southwest Virginia

Tabor, Kimberly L.; Brewster, Carlyle C.; Fell, Richard D.

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.785

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“…The predisposition of P. regina for sunlit carcasses agrees with the findings of Shean et al (1993), who monitoring one pig carcass exposed to the sun and another carcass in a shaded woodland (in June), reported that P. regina was present more frequently at the exposed (i.e., sunlit) carcass. Our findings also comport with Tabor et al 2004 who reported that P. regina was the dominant calliphorid in the spring (late April to June, in Virginia) on carcasses receiving direct sunlight.…”

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“…Still, P. regina can be common in the warmer months of June and July (Dickie and Eastwood 1952;Johnson 1975;Introna et al 1991), exhibiting co-dominance with L. coeruleiviridis in summer collections from nearby Virginia (Tabor et al 2004). Still other works document peak adult black blow fly activity in May and June (Bruce and Knipling 1936;Stewart and Roessler 1942;Baumgartner 1988), although other investigators have demonstrated that P. regina is abundant throughout most of the year (Johnson 1975;Hall and Doisy 1993).…”

Section: Adult Visits In "Warm" Vs "Cool" Experimental Periodsmentioning

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Behavioral Patterns of Adult Carrion Flies Phormiaregina and Luciliacoeruleiviridis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at Pig Carcasses in West Virginia, USA.

Joy¹,

LeGrow²

2015

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A study to determine adult arrival behaviors of two forensically important carrion flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Phormiaregina (Meigen) and Luciliacoeruleiviridis (Macquart), was conducted at a wildlife management area in southwestern West arrive at carcasses in warm experimental periods within minutes of carcass placement (i.e., at 0 h). At carcasses in cool periods, however, arrival is delayed by 24 h for L. coeruleiviridis at both sunlit and shaded carcasses and by 30 h to 48 h for P. Regina at sunlit and shaded carcasses, respectively. Phormiaregina adults are significantly predisposed to visiting sunlit carcasses, whereas L. coeruleiviridis adults are significantly more likely to visit shaded carcasses.

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Section: Adult Visits In Sunlit Vs Shaded Conditionssupporting

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Behavioral Patterns of Adult Carrion Flies Phormiaregina and Luciliacoeruleiviridis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at Pig Carcasses in West Virginia, USA.

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2015

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“…After blood and tissue were extracted, the remainder of the pig carcass was transported immediately to the Þeld site at Moore Farm, a research facility of Virginia Tech, which is Ϸ4 km from the Swine Center. The carcasses were placed individually under open-bottomed cages, which were located 100 m apart at the edge of an open Þeld bordered by a thickly wooded area and were allowed to decompose for 10 d. Each cage measured 92 by 92 by 153 cm and was constructed with 2.5-cm steel-welded tubing and 1.27-cm hardware cloth (Tabor et al 2004). Cages also were staked to the ground to prevent disturbance of the carcasses by scavengers.…”

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“…To attract wild-type ßies for oviposition, the carcass of a pig, which was not used in the succession study, was placed outdoors at a location where P. regina is known to exist as the dominant blow ßy species (Tabor et al 2004). Twelve clusters of P. regina eggs were collected from the carcass within a 4-h period on the second day postmortem.…”

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Effects of Antemortem Ingestion of Ethanol on Insect Successional Patterns and Development ofPhormia regina(Diptera: Calliphoridae)

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The effects of antemortem ingestion of ethanol by domestic pigs, Sus scrofa L., on postmortem insect successional patterns and the development of Phormia regina (Meigen) were studied during summer 2003 in Blacksburg, VA. Insect samples were collected from the carcasses of ethanol-treated and untreated pigs for 10 d postmortem during two successional studies. In total, 32 insect taxa were collected during the two studies, with 29 and 27 taxa observed on the carcasses of ethanol-treated and untreated pigs, respectively. The earliest arrivers to both carcass types were dipterans. This group was represented by six families, with P. regina and Phaenicia coeruleiviridis (Macquart) being the most common calliphorids. Beetles in six families were collected on the carcasses of ethanol-treated pigs, but only three of the families were collected on carcasses of the untreated pigs. Permutation analyses to test the null hypothesis of no similarity between successional patterns of insect taxa from carcasses of ethanol-treated and untreated pigs showed that the successional patterns were similar between carcass types in the Þrst (P ϭ 0.003) and the second (P ϭ 0.01) studies. The results of the development study of P. regina maggots in the Þeld show that there was a signiÞcant difference between the distributions of length for maggots reared on loin tissue from ethanol-treated and untreated pigs. Maggots that fed on tissue from ethanol-treated pigs took Ϸ11.9 h longer to reach the pupal stage than maggots that fed on tissue from untreated pigs. The longer developmental time for maggots on tissue from ethanol-treated pigs was due mainly to the longer postfeeding period of the third instar.

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“…However, the Piophilidae often serve as forensically significant insects. They are commonly found in forensic experiments using animal carcasses or beef bait as a trap (Azwandi and Abu Hassan, 2009;Apichat et al, 2007;Grassberger and Franc, 2004;Matuszewski et al, 2008;Oliva, 2001;Tabor et al, 2004;Watson and Carlton, 2003;Wol# et al, 2001).…”

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Larvae of the family Piophilidae found in the marrow space of skeletal remains during a forensic autopsy

Kirinoki

Hitosugi

Chigusa

et al. 2010

Jap. J. Sanit. Zool.

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We found the 3rd instar larvae of the family Piophilidae (Diptera) in skeletal remains during a forensic autopsy in late December in the Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Of note, all the larvae were found in the marrow space of the right femur, thus indicating that the piophilid larvae are able to penetrate the bones of human corpse. This fact demonstrates the importance of a careful examination of skeletal remains, and is emphasizing that forensic pathologists should also examine the inside of bones during a forensic autopsy, because such procedures may provide valuable entomological evidence.

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Analysis of the Successional Patterns of Insects on Carrion in Southwest Virginia

Cited by 103 publications

References 28 publications

Behavioral Patterns of Adult Carrion Flies Phormiaregina and Luciliacoeruleiviridis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at Pig Carcasses in West Virginia, USA.

Behavioral Patterns of Adult Carrion Flies Phormiaregina and Luciliacoeruleiviridis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at Pig Carcasses in West Virginia, USA.

Effects of Antemortem Ingestion of Ethanol on Insect Successional Patterns and Development ofPhormia regina(Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Larvae of the family Piophilidae found in the marrow space of skeletal remains during a forensic autopsy

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