Thermoregulation in larval aggregations of carrion-feeding blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-523

  Slone, D H ^a   Gruner, S V ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime scene; Forensic entomology; Homeostasis; Maggot mass; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FLORIDA; FORENSIC SCIENCES; INDIANA; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; DIPTERA; LUCILIA (BLOWFLY); PHAENICIA COERULEIVIRIDIS; PHORMIA REGINA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 34249700611     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[516:TILAOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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