New research article! 📰
@filipegudin.bsky.social et al. show that flies in wasp nests are better interpreted as carrion‑feeding scavengers on dead brood than as true parasitoids of living larvae 🪰
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #TrophicWebs #NestEcology #Interactions #ForensicEntomology
Calliphora vicina larva, credit: courtesy of article authors.
New work in #RESMedVetEnt
Detection of arsenic, mercury, cadmium & lead compounds in #Calliphora vicina (#Diptera: #Calliphoridae) larvae & their impact on larval development
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70047
#ForensicEntomology
@wileyecology.bsky.social
Photo: C. vicina larva (courtesy article authors)
Meet Lucilia coeruleiviridis, the cabbage maggot fly. Don't let the iridescent blue-green beauty fool you—its larvae are key forensic indicators and vital decomposers. Nature's clean-up crew with a metallic shine. #ForensicEntomology #Entomology #BlueBottleFly #Science🧪 #Forensics
Available online now!
Illustrated Forensic Pathology
Unexpected Intracranial Hyperdense Flies on Postmortem CT
journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...
#4n6 #forensicpathology #forensicentomology #forensicradiology
So honored to have the opportunity to share some of my blow fly research in Joshua Tree with @protectparks.bsky.social! Read more about blow flies in National Parks here:
www.npca.org/articles/103... 🪰🌵
#forensicentomology #ecology #entomology
And what is a visit without a trip to view the research labs! Fascinating equipment at BIOCEV!
Related links:
Intro | Biocev share.google/F4YZRVvNq7MZ...
E-NICHE COST Action CA22102 – European Network In CHemical Ecology share.google/6sqDO2uXXyfp...
#Research #ForensicEntomology
Everyone remembers that mason jar trend from a few years back?
Yeah, we do if a little differently.
About 300 C. mac pupa in here. They’ll eclose in about 2-3 days, but I have to sort them for the PORCD experiment first.
#entomology #forensicentomology
Available online now!
Review Article
Forensic Entomology in Criminal Investigations
Advances in Insect-Mediated Postmortem Interval Estimation, Species Identification, and Environmental Influences
#4n6 #forensicpathology #forensicentomology #forensicscience
journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...
This also serves to foster our collaborative approach to #Forensics at #KeeleUniversity, and also means we can all help each other out all year round!
Pictured from this year are sessions in #ForensicAnthropology, #CSI, #ForensicChemistry, and #ForensicEntomology.
New research in #RESMedVetEnt
Morphological identification of first-instar larvae of European flesh flies of forensic importance
doi.org/10.1111/mve.12826
#Forensics #Sarcophagidae #Morphology #InsectID #ForensicEntomology
@wiley.com
While these 5 are all researching within the realms of #ForensicBiology and #ForensicAnthropology, we also have a plethora of PhD alumni researching #ForensicChemistry and #ForensicEntomology.
You can find out more here, or reach out to any of our staff: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Our look through the @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlights continues!
#OpenAccess research showed that when rhinos are found dead after illegal poaching, #ForensicEntomology aids in estimating time since death, helping build cases against suspected perpetrators.
More here ⬇️
buff.ly/L3v4iWi
Our Dr Falko Drijfhout, is an expert in #ForensicEntomology and the chemical analysis of blowfly specimens. He is also a board member of the European Association for Forensic Entomology (EAFE) and is currently attending the annual conference #EAFE2025 in Parma, Italy this year.
A dress up #amigurumi blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) made for a silent auction donation. From the fly pattern by @lalylala.bsky.social
#bluebottlefly #crochet #forensicentomology 🧶
#ForensicEntomology shows how #Insects on a #Body can determine the #PostmortemInterval—a #BiologicalClock in action! #Nature and #ForensicScience join forces to solve #Crimes.
#Larvae 🪱 grow according to temperature and time.
#ForensicEntomology calculates the #DeathTime ⏳ with scientific accuracy.
#Insects are allies of justice!
Recent cases in Chiapas and Campeche have warned about the miasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax.
What other forensic issues would you like us to address? Comment on it.
📩 Consulting: contactoaicf@gmail.com
#Miasis #Forensic #ForensicEntomology #ForensicScience #PublicHealth #AICF
#Flies and #Larvae 🪰 reach the body in hours after death. #ForensicEntomology measures its growth to estimate the #TimeOfDeath ⏳ with accuracy of hours.
#Nature is an infallible watch!
#ForensicEntomology is fascinating; #Insects are the first witnesses of #Death, telling the past.
#ForensicEntomology studies insects to determine the time of death in a #crime.
One perk of needing to be familiar with blow fly developmental timelines in forensic entomology is that you know when to have the camera ready to capture Phormia regina eggs hatching.
#ForensicEntomology #Diptera #Calliphoridae
Graphical abstract of: A methodological approach to age estimation of the intra-puparial period of the forensically relevant blow fly Calliphora vicina via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
The Editor's Choice article in the new #RESMedVetEnt Special Feature reports on use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for intra-puparial period age estimation in the forensically relevant #BlowFly Calliphora vicina
🪰 doi.org/10.1111/mve.12748
#OpenAccess @wiley.com #ForensicEntomology
Group of people standing in a court room
Today was the last day of the semester for the forensic capstone students! They each took the stand for mock court room testimony. I had a great semester with them and I’m excited to see where they go!
#forensky #forensicscience #forensicentomology
The Scientist Using Bugs to Help Solve #Murders
At crime scenes around the world, the forensic entomologist [Dr.] Paola Magni is taking her field into uncharted waters
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
#forensics #Forensky #ForensicEntomology #CSI #4N6
Did you know that there's such a thing as jumping maggots?
Members of the family Piophilidae are called the Skipper Flies because the larvae will build tension by gripping their hind end with their mouth and then release it and fly through the air.
#ForensicEntomology #Diptera
Person examining fly under microscope surrounded by papers with fly anatomy
Person examining fly under microscope
People pipetting mixture for extracting DNA from fly larvae
Person pipetting blue mixture for running gel electrophoresis
The next few weeks of the #forensicscience capstone course was spent in the lab! They started by identifying adult flies under the microscope. Then they performed DNA extraction on fly larvae followed by gel electrophoresis to identify the species.
#forensky
#forensicentomology
#DNA
Amoret Whitaker and Molly Mactaggart in the lab.
The final @royentsoc.bsky.social online talk of 2024 i2s on novel approaches and advances in #ForensicEntomology, with Amoret Whitaker & Molly Mactaggart in RES journal Medical & Veterinary Entomology.
📅 Wed 11 December, 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT)
Register here
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/online...
