ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Sarcosaprophagous Fly Activity in Maryland
Introna, F
Researcher, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, MD

Smialek, JE
Chief medical examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, MD

Suman, TW
Entomologist, Anne Arundel Community College, MD

(Received 15 August 1980; accepted 26 February 1990)

Abstract

Eighty-six successful rearings of sarcosaprophagous flies characteristic of the first successional insect wave of infestation of a corpse were conducted under field conditions in Maryland. Different species were observed to be active during spring and summer. The development times for the immature stages of each species, with the related temperatures at which the development occurred are reported for both seasons studied.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, entomology, flies, necrophagous flies, Maryland, time of death

Paper ID: JFS13024J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13024J
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