Abstract Forensic entomology is an important component of criminal investigations, providing information surrounding a death using region-specific data on the local necrophagous community. To understand community within Metro Vancouver region British Columbia, Canada, field study monitored abundance and diversity Calliphoridae (Diptera) over nine-month period in distinct terrestrial environment...

Introduction: Pivotal component of medico-legal investigations is the determination time since death, or (minimum) postmortem interval, (min) PMI. Forensic entomology can provide reliable estimates PMI using carrion insect species. Carrion arrival and departure occurs in predictable sequential waves, however, successions may vary depending on geographical location environmental conditions. Henc...

Forensic entomology is primarily focused on using carrion blow flies and beetles (Diptera Coleoptera) to estimate the time since death. However, insect artefacts, such as footprints, defecations, regurgitations, splatters are also considered within disciplines of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have been studied in forensic pathology for their potential alter b...

354 which has a course in forensic biology and toxicology. Forensic entomology is potentially useful in cases of child neglect (Benecke & Lessig, 2001) and neglect of the elderly (Benecke et al, 2004), in addition to cases of murder. Similarly, palynology, the analysis of pollen and spores in criminal investigations, can complement forensic DNA by either proving or disproving that people or obj...