The study of insect activity on remains to help estimate the time since death and other circumstances of a case.
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What It ExaminesInsects and other arthropods that colonize remains, whose developmental stages and succession patterns are used chiefly to estimate the time since death. 1 Formalized YearSourced to the subject's own accountDated to Bergeret d'Arbois's 1855 case report, the first documented application of insect evidence to estimate a post-mortem interval. Known LimitationSourced to the subject's own accountThe pace of insect colonization and development is influenced by temperature, geography and access to the body, so post-mortem interval estimates are ranges produced with mathematical models rather than precise times. 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Forensic botany and forensic entomology are the two principal biological trace disciplines used to reconstruct scene history and time since death.
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