Decomposition and insect succession of clothed and unclothed carcasses in Western Australia

Decomposition Process and Post Mortem Changes: Review

“…One of the major indicators for this stage is major migration of Dipteran larvae for pupation (Matuszewski et al 2008;Sharanowski et al 2008). Population of Dipteran species is gradually replaced by Coleoptera species as part of the faunal succession pattern (Ahmad et al 2011;Voss et al 2008Voss et al , 2011.…”

A review of necrophagous insects colonising human and animal cadavers in south-east Queensland, Australia

“…A common legal challenge for forensic entomology relates to 11 the scientific validity of substituting vertebrate remains for human 12 remains in baseline studies [1]. Due to the legal and ethical issues 13 of using human cadavers for research, forensic entomologists have 14 used a variety of vertebrate animals ( (Table 3).…”

Family Calliphoridae: An Integral Part of Postmortem Interval Estimation

“…Subspecies like L. sericata can be found indoors in the colder climate of Finland [7], the milder climate of Spain, and in the tropical conditions of Malaysia. Thus, the ubiquitous Calliphoridae is invaluable in the estimation of PMI [8].…”