| insect fauna visiting carrion in southwest virginia. | successional patterns of insect fauna on pig carcasses were studied in southwest virginia. the objective was to identify and qualitatively assess the major taxa of forensic importance in this region. studies were conducted in spring and summer 2001 and 2002, and fall 2002. over 50 taxa were collected and identified. phormia regina was the dominant fly species in the spring (>90%) and co-dominant with phaenicia coeruleiviridis in the summer. phaenicia sericata, lucilia illustris, and calliphora s ... | 2005 | 15837010 |
| larval fly activity on sunlit versus shaded raccoon carrion in southwestern west virginia with special reference to the black blowfly (diptera: calliphoridae). | larvae of phormia regina (meigen), phaenicia sp., and sarcophaga sp. were identified from raccoon carcasses placed in sunlit and shaded areas at a southwestern west virginia site in may of 2000. samples of larvae were taken from each carcass at 3-h intervals over a 153-h experimental period. phormia regina was clearly the dominant species with large numbers of third instars observed at every 3-h collection period from 81 to 153 h on both carcasses. mean lengths of third-instar p. regina larvae c ... | 2002 | 11931041 |