- Title
- Nocturnal oviposition behavior of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the southern hemisphere (South Africa and Australia) and its forensic implications:
- Creator
- Williams, Kirstin A, Wallman, James F, Lessard, Bryan D, Kavazos, Christopher R J, Mazungula, D Nkosinathi, Villet, Martin H
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140832
- Identifier
- vital:37922
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1007/s12024-017-9861-x
- Description
- Published research has offered contradictory evidence of the occurrence of nocturnal oviposition by carrion-breeding blowflies, a behavior that can affect the interpretation of forensic estimates of a minimum post mortem interval (minPMI) by up to 12 hours, depending on latitude and season. The majority of published studies are from the northern hemisphere. Field experiments were conducted in South Africa and Australia that extend observations to species of the southern hemisphere. Various vertebrate carrion was exposed at night in summer under different lunar phases and/or artificial lighting, and in woodland and pasture areas. Three laboratory experiments were also conducted. No nocturnal oviposition occurred outdoors in Berry, Australia, but Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata and Chrysomya megacephala laid eggs outdoors at night in Grahamstown and Durban, South Africa. In laboratory experiments L. sericata, L. cuprina, Chrysomya chloropyga and Chrysomya putoria laid eggs and Calliphora augur deposited larvae under nocturnal conditions.
- Format
- 12 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, Williams, K.A., Wallman, J.F., Lessard, B.D., Kavazos, C.R., Mazungula, D.N. and Villet, M.H., 2017. Nocturnal oviposition behavior of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the southern hemisphere (South Africa and Australia) and its forensic implications. Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 13(2), pp.123-134., Forensic science, medicine, and pathology volume 13 number 2 123 134 April 2017 1556-2891
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 15. Life On Land
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