Simple Summary Forensic entomologists are most often tasked with determining when
arthropods colonized living or deceased vertebrates. In most cases, this estimation involves …

The published a review charting several key recommenda-tions on strengthening the
forensic sciences as an entity as part of an initiative put forth by the USA Congress to …

As the many chapters in this text illustrate, forensic entomology has now gained widespread
acceptance within the forensic science community. However, much of this acceptance has …

For many members of the forensic community, insects still have an exotic status. This may be
one reason why forensic entomology, the analysis of insect evidence for forensic and legal …

Forensic entomology is a discipline deeply rooted in history that is still evolving with regards
to its utility in both the modern scientific community and medicolegal death investigations …

The application of forensic entomology to medicolegal death investigations has clear
benefits to the role of the medical examiner's office (MEO) in evaluating insect activity as it …

The Locard s exchange principle (1930) holds that the perpetrator of a crime leaves traces
behind that can later be sampled and used as forensic evidence. On the contrary, insects …

Forensic, or medicolegal, entomology is the study of the insects associated with a dead
body, primarily to determine time of death. In its broadest sense, forensic entomology …

Forensic entomology is the analysis of insect evidence for forensic and legal purposes [1].
The most important task in the forensic investigation is the estimation of the minimum time …

In the last century, the primary texts on forensic entomology were those by Smith (1986) for
reference, and Catts & Haskell (1990) for teaching and training. Between their publication …