Roles &Responsibilities
A forensic entomologists job isn't just about identification; they are also responsible for testifying in this setting.
What is court of law?
Insects can help determine if a body was moved by comparing the species found on the body to the species native to this.
What is the crime scene?
This common tool is used to catch adult flying insects at a crime scene.
What is an insect net?
This environmental factor is the "most critical" because insects are cold-blooded and rely on external heat to grow.
What is Temperature?
This is the correct order of the life cycle.
Egg- Larva- _____- Adult.
What is pupa?
This is the primary goal of a forensic entomologist: to determine the time since death, also known as this.
What is Postmortem Interval (PMI)?
This is the most common use of insects: estimating the time passed since the person died.
What is estimating the PMI?
When collecting larvae, it is important to find and collect the "largest" ones for this reason.
What is why are they the oldest?
While cocaine speeds up growth, these two substances are known to slow it down.
What is arsenic and anti depressants?
Fly larvae are more commonly known by this M word.
What are maggots?
Forensic entomologists are often called upon to determine if a body has been moved or if it was subjected to this, which involves the use of drugs or poisons.
What is toxicology?
Insects can be used as "biological syringes" to detect these in a decomposing body.
What are drugs, poisons, or toxins?
This type of data must be collected from the nearest station from the previous one to two weeks to calculate add/adh.
What is Weather/climate data?
If a body is found in this type of environment, it may take longer for fly to find it compared to a body left in an open field.
What is an indoor environment?
This is the hard, dark casing where the larva transforms into an adult.
What is a Puparium pr Pupa stage?
In addition to criminal cases, forensic entomologists may be used in these types of legal cases, often involving structural pests or neglect.
What are Civil cases?
If insects found on a body are not native to the area where the body was found, it indicates the body was likely moved from a different one of these.
What is a geographical location?
There are two ways larvae should preserved: Some are kept alive to grow into adults, while others are placed in this to stop development.
What is preservative solution?
This term refers to the thermal energy required for an insect to reach a specific stage.
What is Accumulated Degree Hours (ADH)?
Eggs are typically laid in these moist areas of the body first.
What is natural orifices or wounds?
Besides time and location, insects can be used to identify these on a body, as they are often attracted to areas of trauma first.
What are wound sites?
Insects can provide evidence of this in cases involving the elderly or children, by showing how long a wound or area was left untreated.
What is neglect or abuse?
Samples of this should be collected from directly under and around the body to find insects that may have burrowed to pupate.
What is soil?
This physical barrier, such as clothing or suitcase, can affect this, the time it takes for an insect to reach the body.
What is the rate of colonization?
Scientists use the primary clock of this specific fly family to track the early stages of decomposition.
What is Calliphorid?