Forensic Entomology

A person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime is called a

• forensic anthropologist

• blood spatter analyst

• forensic entomologist

• forensic psychologist

body development in 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, & adult

• complete metamorphosis

• grub

• oviposition

• spiracles

What is the wormlike stage of insect development after the egg?

• Pupa

• Maggot

• Grub

• Larva

Oviposition is

• the laying of eggs.

• the depositing of dead bodies.

• the area where bugs can be found.

• position of a dead body.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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

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

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Estimations of the postmortem interval (PMI) using entomological evidence must take into account ______________________.

• the species of insect present

• weather conditions

• geographical locations of the decedent's body

• all of these

What is the nonfeeding stage of development between larva and adult?

• pupa

• larva

• egg

• grub

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