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black blow fly--calliphoridae
dark green, almost black in color
has orange spiracles |
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European blue bottle fly--calliphoridae
black head, hairy body |
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hairy maggot blow fly--calliphoridae
blue-green in color
*larvae highly predacious on other maggots*
imported from australasia
arrives early to a corpse |
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secondary screwworm--calliphoridae
three dark bands on thorax
likes warm and humid conditions, rarely found inside |
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oriental latrine fly--calliphoridae
arrives early, but last to leave corpse at night
huge head and eyes |
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green bottle fly--calliphoridae
common US species
greenish blue in color
often used in maggot debridement |
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| Phaenicia coeruleiviridis |
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green bottle fly--calliphoridae
very common in the south
*early arrival to corpse* |
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green bottle fly (sheep blow fly)--calliphoridae
common in south
blue green, yellow green
*very early arrival to corpse*
maggot debridement |
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bronze bottle fly--calliphoridae
cuprina sounds like couprous, or copper--> bronze
prefers feces
common on carrion |
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| Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis |
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red tailed flesh fly--sarcophagidae
common in south
frequently found on human corpses |
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house fly--muscidae
four stripes on thorax
prefers filth and manure
mech. transmission of pathogens |
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black dump fly--muscidae
shiny black or blue-black
very small (<1/4")
*arrive in late succession*
common on feces |
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lesser house fly--muscidae
most numerous during spring and fall |
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common yellow dung fly--scathophagidae
found on cadavers when excrement is present or gut contents exposed |
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humpbacked fly--phoridae
have a humped thorax
small
puparia dorsoventrally flattened with "horns" (breathing trumpets) at anterior |
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black soldier fly--stratiomyidae
adults 15-20cm long
resembles a wasp, and mimics wasp behavior
larvae long and flattened, distinctly segmented
*present during advanced-dry stages of decay* |
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black scavenger flies aka "waggle flies"--sepsidae
small, shiny black
adults flick wings as they walk
*abundant during advanced stages of decay* |
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cheese skippers--piophila
black bodies, yellow legs
pest in the food industry
*present in dry stages of decay* |
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Suriname carrion beetle--silphidae
shiny black pronotom
elytra are dull black with two transverse red bands
nocturnal |
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American carrion beetle--silphidae
oval body with yellow pronotum
shortened elytra |
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Margined carrion beetle--silphidae
pronotum has distinctive orange margins |
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Carolina carrion beetle--silphidae
extremely narrow pronotal margin |
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American burying beetle--silphidae
nocturnal
pronotum oblong and orange
orange spots on elytra
endangered species |
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Gold-necked carrion beetle--silphidae
Gold hairs on pronotum
adults excavate carcass into soil |
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Hairy rove beetle--staphylinidae
adults black bodied and covered with patches of yellow hairs
*found on carcasses only hours after death as well in advanced decay*
adults and larvae predaceous on maggots |
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| brown rove beetle--staphylinidae |
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clown beetles--Histeridae
*found on cadavers from bloat through dry stages*
feed on carrion, maggots, and other insect eggs
feign death with disturbed |
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clown beetles--histeridae
*among first beetles to arrive at carrion*
adults feed on both larvae and pupae of all species of blowfly |
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red-legged ham beetle--cleridae
very distinctive with shiny metallic blue body and red legs
infests cured meat products
predaceous on eggs and maggots
*present during drier stages of decomposition* |
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Skin beetle--dermestidae
feed on dried skin and bone left by the fly larvae
only beetle with enzymes necessary for breaking down keratin, the protein in hair |
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Hide beetle--trogidae
roughly textured body
*among last beetles to inhabit a carcass--at dry stages*
feed on dried skin and ligaments
larvae live in vertical burrows underneath body when not consuming |
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| common in early stages of decomposition |
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| feed on dry skin in the later stages of decomposition |
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