FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dermestidae, Collet, Ground Beetle
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U(cid:374)d tz"u (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1007)5 ad(cid:895) chinese lawyer and death investigator. Wrote (cid:862) the (cid:449)ashi(cid:374)g a(cid:449)ay of (cid:449)ro(cid:374)gs(cid:863) Describes a stabbing near a rice field, with a sickle, and flies flew too it even when the blood was =nt present (washed away) Massive diversity: habitats, food sources, sizes, life cycles. Life cycle: egg, larvae, pupa, adult. Gases are detected by the insects, and they pick up on particular compounds released by the body and will fly there and lay eggs in the body. Usually lay eggs around open areas, and private areas, the babies need wet areas. Adults will latch on to the skin and feed then they will lay the eggs. Blue bottle = most common: fairly hardy, comfortable in our environment. Flesh fly= biggest one: do(cid:374)"t lay eggs, egg part is done inside the flies, not a primary colonizer (not the first one to come in)
