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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cruise A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5897002 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cruise Angela A Watson David W DW Schal Coby C
PloS one 20180412 4
The necrophilous insect fauna on carcasses varies seasonally and geographically. The ecological succession of insects arriving to decaying neonate pig carcasses in central North Carolina during late summer was sampled using a novel vented-chamber collection method. We collected six blow fly species, flesh flies, house flies and 10 beetle taxa, including four species of scarab beetles. Necrophilous fly activity dominated the early decomposition stages, whereas beetle numbers remained low until da ...[more]