Forensics Entomology

A forensic entomologist is...

• A person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime
• a person who studies bones to gain clues about a crime 
• a person who studies DNA to gain clues about a crime 
• a person who studies fire and arson 

What does PMI stand for? 

• pre mortem interval 
• post memory interval 
• post murder interval 
• post mortem interval 

What do entomologists learn by studying the insects at a crime scene?

• who the victim is

• PMI

• who probably commited the crime

• the crime autopsy

What does post mortem interval mean? 

• time that has past since the victim was at the scene 
• time that has past since the victim died
• time that has past since the suspect was at the scene
• time that has past since the insects arrived at the scene 

How does temperature have an effect on insect evidence? 

• temp. does not effect insect evidence 
• high temp. speeds up insect's life cycle 
• low temp. speeds up insect's life cycle 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Which of the following is not a common factor that could have an effect on insect evidence? 

• where the body was located 
• the weather conditions 
• age the person was when they died 
• drugs or poisons present 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is the correct order of the life cycle of a blow fly?

• egg, pupa, larva (1st instar, 2nd instar, 3rd instar), adult

• larva, egg, pupa, adult

• adult, larva (1st instar, 2nd instar, 3rd instar), egg

• egg, larva (1st instar, 2nd instar, 3rd instar), pupa, adult

In general, the older the insects around the dead body are....

• the longer the body has been dead
• the less time the body has been dead
• the more blood the body lost 
• the hotter the temp. around the body is 

All types of insect species arrive at the body almost immediatly after it dies 

• true
• false 

Some species will get to the body first because they feed on the fresh corpse while others are attracted to one that has been dead for weeks 

• true
• false 

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