Forensically Important Calliphoridae (Diptera) Associated with Pig Carrion in Rural North-Central Florida

Gruner, Susan V.; Slone, Daniel H.; Capinera, John L.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/44.3.509

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“…The observation ended when the agouti removed the carrion away from our view. We cannot ascertain if the agouti had killed the tapiti, but the presence of some dipteran larvae (about 5 mm long) indicates that it had been dead for at least some hours before the observation (Gruner et al, 2007).…”

Section: Field Observation Of Carrion Consumptionmentioning

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Carrion consumption by Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) and a review of meat use by agoutis

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The consumption of the carrion of a tapiti by a reintroduced female Dasyprocta leporina was observed in the wild. Herein, besides describing this event, we reviewed other evidence of vertebrate consumption by agoutis. Most of the studies describing this behaviour have been carried out in captivity. The preyed animals included birds and small rodents, which were sometimes killed by agoutis. This pattern suggests that this is not an anomalous behaviour for the genus, reflecting its omnivorous habits. This behaviour can be a physiologically sound feeding strategy, so new studies should focus on the temporal variation in the consumption of this resource, possibly related to food scarcity periods or to reproductive seasons, when the need for high-quality food tends to increase.Keywords: diet, Rodentia, zoophagy, carrion. Consumo de carniça por Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) e uma revisão do uso de carne por cutias ResumoFoi observado na natureza o consumo da carniça de um tapiti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) por uma fêmea reintroduzida da cutia Dasyprocta leporina. Neste estudo, além da descrição desse evento, é feita uma revisão de outras evidências de consumo de vertebrados por cutias. A maioria dos estudos que descreveram esse comportamento foi realizada em cativeiro. Os animais predados incluíram aves e pequenos roedores, que foram mortos pelas cutias em algumas ocasiões. Esse padrão sugere que esse não é um comportamento anômalo para o gênero, refletindo seus hábitos onívoros. Esse comportamento pode trazer vantagens fisiológicas para esses animais, de forma que novos estudos devem focar na variação temporal do uso desse recurso, relacionando-o com períodos de escassez e com a estação reprodutiva dos animais, onde a necessidade de alimentos de alta qualidade energética pode ser maior.

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Section: Field Observation Of Carrion Consumptionmentioning

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Carrion consumption by Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) and a review of meat use by agoutis

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“…Four stages -fresh, bloat, decay and dry -are commonly recognized in the progression of carcass decomposition (Reed 1958;Johnson 1975;Goddard and Lago 1985;Grunner et al 2007), although some authors (Anderson and VanLaerhoven 1996;Richards and Goff 1997;Tabor-Kreitlow 2009) employ a 5-stage scheme by subdividing the decay stage into early and late decay stages. Payne (1965) had recognized six stages, but the difference in his categorization was minimal in that he merely constructed subdivisions for the decay stage (i.e., "active" and "advanced") and dry stage (i.e., "dry" and "remains").…”

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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

AIJB

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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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“…The rate of larval growth depends on its body temperature, which is affected by environmental conditions as ambient temperature and the heat generated by maggot aggregations [32]. In addition, an important detail for PMI determination is that each species has its own temperature dependent growth rate.…”

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Effect of Different Constant Temperature on the Life Cycle of a Fly of Forensic Importance Lucilia cuprina

Sa¹,

Vr²,

Sp³

2016

Entomol Ornithol Herpetol

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Lucilia cuprina is one of the forensically important Calliphoridae fly. L. cuprina is a helpful resource at the crime scenes as well as a nuisance to sheep. It is known to be one of the first flies to occupy a corpse upon its death. Due to this, it has great importance in forensic field to find out post-mortem interval. In this study, the development of L. cuprina is studied in an incubator at different constant temperatures. Larvae of the L. cuprina were reared in an incubator at 20 º C, 25 º C, 30 º C, 35 º C, and 40 º C. During study the developmental data, temperature and relative humidity of the rearing room as well as weight, length of the larvae were recorded from the time the larvae were collected until the adult flies emerge out.Results obtained show that development of the L. cuprina was slow at lower temperature. At the high temperature, developmental rate was fast. At low temperature L. cuprina attained greatest body weight whereas at high temperature there was a decrease in the weight. When flies were reared at 40 º C the development of the fly was much more rapid but slight mortality was observed. Above study shows that temperature plays a very important role in the development of L. cuprina. For the correct estimation of post-mortem interval this study is very useful, because each dipteran fly has its own developmental period with respect to temperature and region.

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Forensically Important Calliphoridae (Diptera) Associated with Pig Carrion in Rural North-Central Florida

Cited by 46 publications

References 21 publications

Carrion consumption by Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) and a review of meat use by agoutis

Carrion consumption by Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) and a review of meat use by agoutis

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

Effect of Different Constant Temperature on the Life Cycle of a Fly of Forensic Importance Lucilia cuprina

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