FLIES AND BEETLES

Question 1

In the Fresh stage, what flies arrive?

Answer 1

ADULT FLIES- Calliphoridae & Sarcophagidae

Question 2

In the Bloated stage what flies arrive?

Answer 2

Blow fly and flesh fly

Question 3

Which flies are commonly used invertebrates to determine ‘minimum time since death’

Answer 3

Blowflies

Question 4

which species produce ‘precocious eggs’?

Answer 4

Calliphora species

Question 5

Fresh stage what creatures?

Answer 5

Blowflies (Calliphoridae) first to arrive lay eggs

some ants

Question 6

Bloat stage what creatures?

Answer 6

maggots feeding on body

flesh flies (Sarcophagidea)

Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)

Perforary beetles may arrive

Question 7

Active Decay what creatures?

Answer 7

many maggots

Carrion beetles (Silphidae)

predatory beetles (Histeridae) show up to feed on both maggots and left tissues

Question 8

Advanced Decay what creatures?

Answer 8

Dermestidae beetles

Fly larvae may still be present but many have pupated by this time

Lesser flies like Phoridae may appear

Question 9

Dry/Skeletal stage what creatures?

Answer 9

Dermestid beetles continue to feed on

Moths

some scavenger flies

Insect activity is minimized