Knowledge of successional colonization cadaver is important in medico-legal studies especially with regards to postmortem interval (PMI) estimation. Paucity data as it relates juveniles has limited the appropriate application this knowledge for benefit man. To bridge gap, juvenile human was modeled using 2 slaughtered pigs – Sus scrofa Linn. (≈ 10 kg mean weight) at study site. One pig exposed ...

Mechanical barriers consisting of bands of polyethylene terepthalate resin attached to wooden posts by latex caulk adhesive and staples were 100% effective in preventing passage of dispersing lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer), larvae in the laboratory. Barriers continued to be 100% effective after beinig held in a caged layer poultry house for 3 mo. Polyethylene terepthalate barr...

Studies of carrion-insect succession on domestic pig, Sus scrofa L., were conducted in the spring and summer of 2001 and 2002 in Blacksburg, VA, to identify and analyze the successional patterns of the taxa of forensic importance in southwest Virginia. Forty-seven insect taxa were collected in the spring. These were represented by 11 families (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Se...