The nocturnal ovipositing behavior of carrion flies in Cincinnati, Ohio

• Trevor Stamper ^[1] ; Paula Davis ^[1] ; Ronald W. DeBry ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cincinnati

     University of Cincinnati

     City of Cincinnati, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 54, Nº. 6, 2009, págs. 1450-1452
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The behavioral patterns of nocturnal oviposition represent a window of time that potentially has a large impact on postmorteminterval estimations. We investigated the behavioral patterns of carrion flies at night by exposing euthanized rats between sunset and sunrise to seeifcarrion flies oviposited upon the carrion over two consecutive summers. We investigated urban and rural locations, in both lit and unlit conditionswith n = 125. We found that nocturnal ovipositing did not occur in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. We conclude that nocturnal oviposition is anunlikely event in the Cincinnati metropolitan area