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Time of Death using Entomology*

http://users.usachoice.net/~swb/forensics/BF.htm

*based on "Visible Proofs" Forensic Views of the Body, Department of health and Human Services, 23 October 2006www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs

Title: Sep 21­8:09 PM (1 of 18)

What do the following terms mean?

a. entomologyb. entomologistc. insect life cycled. postmortem interval (PMI)

Title: Sep 21­8:11 PM (2 of 18)

Blowfly Introduction­lays eggs on dead animals to provide food for its larvae­blowfly life cycle is part of dead body decomposition process­can estimate time of death by evaluating stages of blowfly growth on cadavers­scientist must make:

visual observationscollect insect evidencedetermine stages of developmentcalculate time of initial deposit of eggs

Title: Sep 21­8:15 PM (3 of 18)

­in lab ­ scientist grows specimens to confirm species and study growth stages

­scientist then makes an estimate of time of death

Title: Sep 21­8:22 PM (4 of 18)

 Blowfly Life Cycle

http://www.cmnh.org/site/Img/ResearchandCollections/InvertZoo/124_blowflylifecycleRW.jpg

Title: Sep 21­8:31 PM (5 of 18)

Fly egg masses

http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/forensic.htm

Title: Sep 21­9:24 PM (6 of 18)

larva ­ first instar stage

http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/flies/maggots.htm

Title: Sep 21­9:11 PM (7 of 18)

Larva ­ second instar stage

http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/flies/maggots.htm

Title: Sep 21­9:12 PM (8 of 18)

Larva ­ third instar stage

http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/flies/maggots.htm

Title: Sep 21­9:13 PM (9 of 18)

Fly Pupae

http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/forensic.htm

Title: Sep 21­9:14 PM (10 of 18)

Table 1. Accumulated Degree Hour (ADH) of the Green Bottle Fly

FROM TO TEMPERATURE HOURSADH (ACCUMULATED DEGREEHOUR)

EGG 1ST INSTAR 70 DEGREES F

70 DEGREES F

70 DEGREES F

70 DEGREES F

70 DEGREES F

23

27

22

130

143

70 x 23 = 1619 ADH

Title: Sep 21­8:35 PM (11 of 18)

Based on the chart:

How many hours does it take for a green bottle fly to become an adult fly?

Days and hours?

Title: Sep 21­8:50 PM (12 of 18)

How long, in hours, would it take a maggot beginning at the second instar stage to reach the third instar stage if the temperature was 77 degrees F?

Title: Sep 21­8:52 PM (13 of 18)

At what temperature would you need to keep the pupa to have the adult fly emerge in 7 days?

Title: Sep 21­8:53 PM (14 of 18)

Table 2: Constants and Variables 

CONSTANT VARIABLE

LIFE CYCLE STAGES

TEMPERATURE

TIME BETWEEN THE LIFE CYCLE STAGES

ADH

Title: Sep 21­8:54 PM (15 of 18)

http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/_fpclass/forensic21.jpg

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