Black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) colonization of pig carrion in South Georgia

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-153

  Tomberlin, Jeffery K ^a,b   Sheppard, D Craig ^b   Joyce, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomya rufifacies; Decomposition; Diptera; Entomology; Forensic science; Hermetia illucens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844296110     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003391     Document Type: Article

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