Forensics Entomology

breakdown of once living matter by living organisms

• instar

• larva

• decomposition

• insect succession

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

• complete metamorphosis

• grub

• oviposition

• spiracles

study of insects & related arthropods

• entomology

• epidemiology

• oncology

• anthropology

application of entomology to civil & criminal legal cases

• forensic entomology

• forensic anthropology

• forensic odontology

• forensic epidemiology

wormlike stage of insect development after egg

• larva

• pupa

• grub

• crop

wormlike fly larva

• maggot

• crop

• grub

• pupa

stage 1 of decomposition

• fresh stage

• skeletal or dry

• advanced decay

• bloating

• active decay

stage 2 of decomposition

• bloating

• advanced decay

• active decay

• fresh stage

• dry or skeletal

stage 3 of decomposition

• active decay

• dry or skeletal

• advanced decay

• fresh stage

• bloating

stage 4 of decomposition

• advanced decay

• bloating

• fresh

• dry or skeletal

• active decay