Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Forensic entomology is the application of insects, and sometimes other arthropods, within a legal context. It may use factors such as insect type and life cycle stage, and ambient temperature records, to prove time periods such as the minimum time since the death of an animal (or person), or since an animal was caught in a trap. This evidence may be used within animal abuse prosecutions. This video explores successive insect colonisation stages, especially of blowflies, and provides guidelines for the collection and preservation of insect evidence.