ABSTRACT Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) occurs on every continent and is
closely associated with carrion and decaying material in human environments. Its abilities to …

Necrophagous blowflies can provide an excellent source of evidence for forensic
entomologists and are also relevant to problems in public health, medicine, and animal …

The use of forensic entomology has become established as a global science. Recent efforts
in the field bridge multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, microbiology, chemistry …

African carrion communities contain representatives of the same families that occur in
carrion communities on other continents. Checklists and identification guides are tabulated …

ABSTRACT Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) is the most abundant and
predominant species which arrives and colonizes a cadaver first in most parts of China …

Species of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy are important in disease transmission and can
be used as forensic indicators. An identification key is presented here for adults of the genus …

Bioconversion is the process whereby nutrients are recovered from organic waste products,
often by flies, to produce value-added products such as protein for animal feed and lipids for …

Blowfly larvae are the insects primarily responsible for the active stage of decomposition of
exposed vertebrate remains and are the most frequently collected entomological evidence …

The calliphorid fly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann), is known to cause serious malign myiasis
in animals, whereas its sibling species Lucilia sericata (Meigen) is commonly a carrion …

The identification of adults of the Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea) or blowflies is important
in regard to sanitary biology, medical, veterinary, and forensic entomology. No …