Entomology PMI

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 can entomologists know by studying the insects at a crime scene?

• who the victim is 
• PMI 
• who probably commited the crime 
• the crime autopsy 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What does PMI stand for? 

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

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 

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 

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

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

The major variable in the fly’s life cycle is ____________________.

• moisture
• pressure
• temperature
• barometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This stage begins with the splitting of the skin to allow the gases to escape. 

• bloated stage
• post-decay stage
• decay stage
• fresh stage